Spring Is Here

It’s Spring!!! Technically, I think it started yesterday….I’m excited! As I get older I enjoy the seasons more. I’ve loved watching the trees in the new digs start to bloom. Honestly, this is the most beautiful place I have ever seen in spring. It’s spectacular.

With Spring comes warmer weather and more BBQ’s. I BBQ all year round but it really ratchets up in the spring. Once summer rolls around I bet that 85% of my meals are cooked outside. I am happy to finally get a Traeger and be able to smoke some food. They make it so easy. Tonight I smoked some marinated chicken and put it on some home cooked Hawaiian pizza….deeeeeelllllicious. Pizza Friday special!

Ok, on to the run for the day. I had planned on getting out to the trails today but work was a little crazy and I ran out of time. The kids went to bed late and I had to work some more until 1030ish. What does that add up to? Well, I don’t like to go too far from home that late yet I hate running in circles around the neighborhood. What does that leave me with?

I decided to play a little game. I went Rickey Gates style and decided to hit every street around me. I still had to do a couple of isolated torture laps to get my 6 miles in but hitting every street was fun. It changed things up a bit and prevented me from running in a bunch of circles. You have to keep things interesting.

Keep staying inside people! Or get out super early or super late! It sounds like there are a lot of people on the trails over the past couple of days. I may go check it out tomorrow. We will see how things pan out.

PS Prepping some rubs for the steaks this weekend. Getting the marinade going early!