On the road

Driving to Philly,

My foot booted, hoping for

20 on Sunday.

Tribute to Robert Frost and My Second Homer Neighbors

Whose woods these are, I

surely know. Their house is in 

Connecticut, though.

The Swim Dinner

Old people, good friends,

Together, simple pleasure

At the swim dinner.

Yay for Track Day!

10x400!

I love quarter intervals. 

Fast, smooth, easy, light.

Magic Golf Day

Fisher's Island golf - 

A perfect, happy golf day.

Unforgettable!

Running Craziness

One hundred miles seems

Like a ridiculously 

long, long way to run.

Roly Poly Footing

Acorns like marbles

Rolling hard under my feet - 

Today's trail hazards.

Bolete Regrets

The mushrooms are gone

Frozen into black and slime.

I wish I'd picked one.

My favorite colors

Today's colors match:

My shirt, the sky, blazing trees - 

Boston blue and gold. 

Pool Running

It gets easier

but still feels like a nightmare

running through water

3x1600

First mile hard, heavy.

Second mile a bit lighter.

Last one smooth and free.

Smelly Woods

Wet moldering leaves

blanket the trail with color.

Smells a bit like pee.

Ugh

Night boot, Strassburg sock - 

they both suck, and I can't sleep.

And my foot still hurts.

Insult at Mile 15

Hail pellets sting my

face, which is already raw.

Cold, windy eighteen.

Missing Heather

Sunny leafy bright

remembrance run for my friend;

cloudy, heavy heart.

Just Outside

Soft watery sky

Grays, white streaks, a splash of blue;

Fiery trees below.

Pale Morning Sky

Puffy blushing clouds

Slathered on a pale blue sky

Pastel morning light.

Barred Owl

I hear the woods owl

Hoo hoo hoo! Who cooks for you!

Soft, deep, familiar.

Dead Legs

Legs feel like old logs.

Push hard through the heaviness.

Done. Feeling better.

Fungi

Barnacle mushrooms

clinging tight on rotten logs:

smiley little warts

Dunbar Brook

Steep, bright yellow walls

of trees, rising above a

wide ribbony brook

Outsider

There's a circle drawn

around happiness, and I can't

find my way inside

The Reveal

Fog cloaks the mountain,

then the sun pulls back the shroud

like a magic trick.

Track Buddy

Mully waits for me, 

watching me run every lap,

happy in the car

Still Dark

In a dark tunnel

Don't know how I fell inside,

Can't find my way out.

The meadow at the curve

Hay bales in the field

under an expansive sky

waiting patiently

Early Light

Early morning light

soft wash of pink and yellow

stripes across the sky.

5k Fun

First mile fun and fast.

Mile two sucks, not fun at all.

Third mile, lungs on fire.

Fall Colors

Ferns turning yellow

Maple trees red and orange,

Bluebird shimmer sky.

Cold Run

Breezy cold and raw

Tempo run with mittened hands

Making my own heat

Hazy Mind

Forgetfulness feels

like a soft gauzy curtain

draped over pebbles