Some Thoughts . . .

Some thoughts that went through my mind as I ran Friday's 10.3 mile loop beneath the hot summer sun:

1. All I have to do is make it up Mentally Sensitive, and then it's almost over (6.5 miles to go!)
2. The whole loop is only ten miles, that's really just two five miles, and half of five miles is only 2.5 miles. I can run 2.5 miles!!
3. Ahhh look at those lovely (poisonous flowers).
4. It’s perfectly fine to HIKE Mentally Sensitive.
5. Buck Up!
6. Are those my tracks?
7. Deer tracks!
8. Deer scat!  Why always berries in deer scat?
9. Poor dead beautiful blue lizard.
10. Buck Up!
11. An hour has already passed?
12. Can. Not. Wait. Until. I. Reach. The. Top.
    
13. Love, love, love the view.
14. Don’t look at the top.  Do. Not. Look.
15. One step in front of the other.
16. Buck Up!
17. Lovely, lovely shade.
18. Just one more hill and it’s all down hill from there. 
19. Just 3 more miles.
20. Just 2.5 more miles.
21. Just 2.25 more miles
22. Just 2.0 more miles.
23. Just 1.75 more miles
24. Just 1.50 more miles
25. Just 1.25 more miles
26. Just 1.0 more miles
27. Just .75 more miles
28. Just .50 more miles
29. Just .25 more miles
30. Awesome.  That wasn’t so bad now, wasn’t it?  I think I’m better for it!