first half of the 5 mile training walk

I must confess that I didn't do my 15 minutes of crosstraining yesterday. Of course, if I'd had access to this video:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOO8ZhWFR4



I surely would have done my 15 minutes. I'm just saying. . . The 'hot dog!' at the end is really worth it. Trust me.













This sculpture is near my home, next to a community garden. I thought it was particularly pretty on my short walk this morning. (Short because while I SET my alarm, I didn't turn it on. Whoops!) 3 more miles this afternoon.

This is a new mexican ice cream shoppe I walked by today. The sign on the side says 'Abierto,' which I know from my Sesame Street watching days means 'open.' I believe the skit involved Grover. I loved Grover.

Here are some of the famous caves in the city of Saint Paul. Generations of kids spent their afternoons exploring these caves - which are dangerous, by the way. I believe this stopped around the time of the Adam Walsh disappearance, when mom's stopped shooing their kids out of the house from dinner to bedtime.

2 big fire trucks, 2 small trucks, and an ambulance passed by me and raced up the Ohio Street hill. Happily, I don't smoke anymore, so I don't have to worry about having left a cigarette burning in the ashtray for the kittens to knock over. That said, someone's life took a dramatic turn this morning. As I walked up the hill, I pondered this. I am grateful that today, at least, the drama wasn't mine.

At this point on my way up the hill, I always debate the stairs on the left with the hill on the right. I generally pick the hill - less isolated.

My lillies are coming in nicely.

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