Runs, trains and roots

Yesterday was a nice 8.5 mile run, the longest I've run in quite a while.  I ran up Cold Stream Canyon, which is a nice fire road run.  I'm usually much more of a trail runner, but the coming Death Valley Half is on roads (pavement, no less) and I figured I should emulate that at least a little bit.  I can't really bring myself to run on the road here in Tahoe where the alternatives are so much nicer.  Especially knowing that my trail running window is fast closing, 'cause snow's gotta be coming soon.

The first mile or two was as painful as usual, but after that it got kinda blissful.  Calling this another recovery run (I did race on Sunday!), I took it quite easy and stopped when I want.  I got caught peeing in the woods by a passing pickup truck driver (ok, I was barely in the woods, more like on the side of the road), and also caught dancing like a fool to my music (and not running) by another runner running towards me at a superfast pace.  I think I'm a little too used to being way out all by myself!

There is some railroad tracks to cross, and it's a huge corner that the trains come around.  Right as I was crossing, a long train passed . . .

 . . . providing me with a picture to add to this very boring post.

Anyhow, it was a nice run and I was so happy to be out there.  The distance was not a challenge at all, and I felt like I could have run another 5 miles easy.  It took something like 2 hours, but I was in full relax mode.

Today I'm off for another episode of hair.  It's been 6 months, and I have maybe 6 inches of roots -- I thought I was mostly grey but, as it turns out, I am hugely grey at the temples but kinda pepper and salt elsewhere and it's not as stunning as I had hoped and is just kinda mousy I guess.  I thought I was at least 50-70% grey, but:



When I have it pulled back you can really see how kinda meh. it is:



But I don't really hate it or anything, so I'm not sure what I'll have done today.  I know that I'm definitely NOT going back to dying it brown (its natural color) every 3 weeks in the sink anymore.  I might just go and get it bleached blond (the roots don't look nearly as bad growing out with the blond) every 6 months or so until it's gone a lot more grey.  We'll see what Vicki has to say . . .

(I can't believe I did this whole post, photos and everything, laying on the damn couch, with bedhead and all.  Fuck, I'm lazy!  And I don't know why my eyebrows look so hairy, they're not! Ok, I'm done now.)