Clearing the cobwebs

Griselda and I have started going out for morning rides and runs again. This morning was my ever so hated “run day”. I truly am a hypocrite, after finishing basic training I swore that I would never, ever, run anywhere again; unless I was in mortal peril of being eaten by something and dyeing a truly horrible death. And in all fairness if that dire situation did ever rear its ugly head you only have to run faster than the other person.

This of course reminds me of the old adage about SCUBA divers. It goes something like this “Why do SCUBA divers carry a knife with them? So that if a shark attacks them they can stab their friend and safely swim away”. Cruel I know but that’s how I feel about running.

Fortunately as you can see the sun was up at 05h30 and it was a beautiful day.

Unfortunately it seems that Carnation is now not only the murder capital of the Northwest but also the home of the angry stoner hippy. I’m guessing that he (or she) must have lost their weed as they were sufficiently angry to go and create a huge mess. Now the fatal mistake in their plan was to (i) deface a salmon education poster and (ii) to write their initials on the back of a sign. I appreciate the problem, you want to express your anger and get credit so people need to know who you are but at the same time you don’t want to get court. Stupid, stupid, stupid.















Sunrise in the Snoqualmie Valley.















The Snoqualmie Valley Trail.















Salmon education sign by Tolt bridge.
As you can see some total looser though it would be smart to spray the signs. It must have happened fairly early this morning as we could still smell the spray paint.

Black Diamond Sprint Tri in September

Well it’s official Griselda is trying to kill me (just kidding). I am signed up for a sprint triathlon in September so now I have no excuse to not train.