Running (Trail & Off-trail) 1:03:00 [3]
shoes: Salomon XT Wings - Tomato
We're lucky (mostly) to live 4.5 km by cross-country trails from the nearest mailbox, which occasionally offers an excuse to get some training in while completing a necessary errand. With a detour here and there, it's easy to make the run longer and largely different in both directions, and there is never much pavement involved. So that's what I did today, but *man* am I a princess in warm weather! It was only 23C, but it was very humid. I was not "glowing", as women are supposed to do in lieu of perspiring. When I went into the post office, it was embarrassing how much sweat was pouring down my bright red face. The run exacerbated the mild headache I'd had all day, so all in all, it wasn't the highlight of my day.
The highlight was sitting outside on a grassy hill with ThunderDog in a shady place after the run, feeling virtuous for having trained when I didn't feel great, and opening the mail to discover a $3,500 grant cheque from the provincial government for our geothermal system. That's almost all of the grants now. There were 5 different grants to apply for, and I'm in the final stages of completing the administrivia to get the last $525. In the end, about 40% of our costs will be covered by grants - not bad at all!
