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| Me clumsily warming-up before a 25K trail race we did a few years ago. |
Today I finally ran my 6 mile route for the first time in probably a couple of months. I was feeling pretty strong and bad-assed and in my head I was as graceful as a gazelle. About halfway through my route, I saw a beautiful doe jump over a fence that was close to chest high on me. When she realized she was heading into traffic, she stopped on a dime, turned around and in one fluid, elegant movement jumped right back over that same fence and back into the much safer prairie. Needless to say, I was oh so very humbled.
4 comments:
Is that snow???? Where are you?? Deer always do that to me. One nearly killed me a few years ago while I was on a motorcycle, but I can still appreciate their elegance.
Can you imagine the aerobic capacity that they have? I've seen deer sprint up hills that take me twenty minutes to climb. They are a beautiful animal. Great day to get out and crunch some leaves running.
I hit one on my bicycle at 40 mph on a downhill two weeks before IM Wisconsin. Broke my foot and my Look carbon bike in three pieces! 2008
Dan, It's okay. That was from a few years ago. It was cold this morning here, but no snow so far. Whew.
Todd, They are amazing creatures. I'm sorry you hit one on your bike. A guy in Des Moines just did that a week or so ago and he was pretty roughed up. I'm glad you are healed up from that.
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