Sunset over San Luis Obispo

Monday is my day of rest--from running at least. I spent the day cleaning my house; I actually have to schedule that in, or it won't get done. I've never been one of those women who say no to fun because they have to wash the floor. Now I'm trying to be that woman. Probably because my husband's now around to see how much I've been skating. ;-)

Today was my first long run of this training schedule. Ten miles, the longest I've run since the Nov. 9 half marathon. It was tough, but manageable. In a few months I'll be saying "only 10 miles," but not today. It's like running in 40 degree weather in the fall. It feels cold then, but after a Minnesota winter, when it hits 40 degrees in the spring, it feels warm.

Although you're not supposed to run long in new shoes, I wore my new Asics 3000. They were fine and I reasoned that it was better to run in shoes that weren't broken in than to risk injury in worn-out shoes.

California is approaching the third year of a draught and this area is down about 5 inches from normal. However, the recent rains have turned the hills sort-of green and I wanted to capture them before they turned brown. While SD was cooking dinner, I went out to play Ansel Adams.

My neighbor is a cattle rancher, and this is some of his herd.



Everybody gets hungry when the sun starts to set.



This is Morro Rock, located in Morro Bay. It is a remnant of an ancient volcano, one of the Seven Sisters.



Finally, here's the sun setting over the ocean. There's a marine layer covering the water, cause we're supposed to get rain on Thursday.