from the side of the road

photo stops of a sidetracked runner

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Wildflowers at Oracle state park last weekend

a hike, not a run.

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en route (from the archives)

3.03 mi | 8.12 mi/min | evening threshold

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Mexican Fence Post Cactus (Pachycereus marginatus)

4.01 mi | 9:46/mi | tempo with strides

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Lantana (Lantana montevidensis)

7.5 mi | overcast mid-day trot

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It isn’t the best quality video, but the coolest encounter on my run… This nighthawk swooped directly overhead to catch his dinner, off into the sunset. I love living in the desert.

4.01 mi | zone 2

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barbed wire

5.01 mi | mixed pace intervals

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Yeah, they were all yellow…

3.19 mi | mixed paces, intervals with photo stops

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oleander (nerium oleander)

3.71 mi | 10:23/mi | zone 2

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a raven in flight

5.12 mi | 9:36/mi | sunset base

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Ocotillo (Fouqeuieria splendens)

3.12 mi | 8:40/mi | cadence drills

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Sunflowers (from last month)

5.01 mi | 9:58/mi | treadmill

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We don’t get the autumn leaf colors here, but we do get a second wildflower blooming season and I think that’s pretty lovely too.

3.0 mi | 9:42/mi | unintentional tempo run

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🌵✨

8.08 mi | 9:45/mi | long morning threshold

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zinnia

4.03 mi | 10:17/mi | tempo run

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boop

4.56 mi | 11:13/mi | evening run

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Baja Fairy Duster (Calliandra californica)

5.04 mi | 12:14/mi | zone 1-2 recovery run like garmin said to do because I’m finally learning

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saguaro and mesquite

4.12 mi | 11:36/mi | zone 2 desert trail run