running scenes

My running group back in Durham met on Tuesday nights at 6pm and ran a 5.27 mile route that departed a quarter mile from our house. A local running group I found here in Denver has a run that meets a quarter mile from our house on Tuesday nights at 6pm and runs twice around Wash Park for a total of 5.2 miles. Strange.

Junie and I joined this new group for the first time this past Tuesday, and while the people I met were very nice (I spent most of the run talking to a woman from Charlotte, NC), it just wasn't the same as my Durham group. Since it's simply two loops around the park, June got really bored with the scenery; I have to admit, so did I. Perhaps in the summer when it stays light later she'll have more to look at. In the meantime, I'll let her stay at home on Tuesday nights. Hopefully, I'll find some interesting running routes nearby that will keep us both entertained.

These are some of the sights along my usual running route in Durham. I took these pictures the morning I left for Denver...

the early morning view heading up our street...

Duke's East Campus...

our beloved "tunnel"...

a spot just beyond the tunnel where I'd frequently see a fox cross the road...

the Nasher Museum of Art...

Duke Chapel in the distance...

The Chapel was the turnaround for my Tuesday night run...

a half mile further...

and just a ways further was the 2.9 mile Al Buehler trail...

the signs at the Duke Forest trailheads. I include this only because my confrontations with unleashed dogs and their owners were an interesting, and all-too-frequent, aspect of my runs...

this is out by Couch Mountain, which is about ten running miles from our house. I'm not exactly sure why it is, but this is my favorite scene out of all the places I run. You just turn the corner out of the woods and this short stretch of open space and towers is there to greet you...

same area, a little further down the path...