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Wordless Wednesday

I am sick of all of this rain!

After raining all weekend, I couldn't wait to get outside for a run on Monday.  The sun wasn't shining, and it was misting off and on, but it wasn't a downpour, so I ventured out.  I knew there would be puddles on the trails where I run, but I didn't figure there would be so many wash-outs on the main trails.  The lesser-used trails quite often have wash-outs, and two trails still have their bridges out from our last big rain/flood (see my Slippery Run post). I really didn't expect to see flooding (and new mini-rivers) in so many spots!!

I ran carefully on the wet leaves, I really didn't want to fall again, and ventured through the smaller puddles.  I wasn't happy about getting my new Asics wet, but they need to be broken in sometime.  

The first path I took wasn't too bad until I got to this:

The water is supposed to flow under the bridge, not infront of it, right??

Okay, that was too big to run through, and I wasn't jumping it, so I had to turn around.  The water doesn't look deep in the pic, but it would have been over my ankles and I just didn't feel like getting that wet.  I figured I'd turn around and take another path.  All was good, and I was enjoying my run until I came to this:

There is supposed to be a trail here....somewhere.

Well, now I was out of options because to get to the rest of the trails, I had to get past this point, and that water was not a small puddle.  I turned around again and headed back to my car.  I only got in a 3mile run,but it was better than nothing, and I am hoping in a few days the water will have receded enough that I can get through.    This fall has been so wet, that the river is always high, and any rain just causes flooding :/  Oh well, I'll just make the best of it, and hope for a drier October.  

The left is a before pic (last week), and on the right is the same area yesterday.

Slippery Run

We've had quite a bit of rain in my area recently, and a lot of flooding along rivers and creeks.  It's weather more suited to these ducks in the local conservation area where I run.  They were very happy when I went for a run there the other day.  They came up for food, but I didn't have any for them, so they soon lost interest in me.

All dogs must be on a leash, but the ducks are free to roam :)

This lady has no food, we're outta here!

The trees are starting to change colour already.

I quickly found out that running on trails that have recently been underwater may not have been a good idea.  While walking (at least I wasn't running at this point) down a slight hill, I was busy looking at the mud ahead of me, I slipped and couldn't recover - BOOM, down the hill on my butt I went!  At least there was no one but the wildlife to see me fall.

Not the nicest wet butt feeling :( 

I picked myself up, carefully walked through the mud that I was looking at when I fell, and continued on my run until I came to where a bridge was and only saw about 1/3 of the bridge.   It seems the flood had washed out some of the bridges and boardwalks on the trails.  There was no way around, so I had to turn around and go back the way I came, back to where I fell, but this time I would have to go back up the muddy hill.  Luckily I was a little more prepared and I was able to navigate the mud without mishap.

The rest of my run was without mishap, and I was able to have a good laugh at myself.  I just hope that the trails dry up soon and the can repair the bridges that are out.  The trails are so beautiful this time of year, I love running there!

The flood washed out some of the bridges/boardwalks on the trails.

Another section of the trail that had its bridge washed away.

I saw this cute little guy on my run