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By the Light of the Blue Supermoon

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I went for my second run since ’21 tonight, by the light of the full moon. I knew it was a Blue Moon, so I decided a picture was in order after my run was done.

With Samsung S23 Ultra, Pro Mode, don’t remember the settings, 10x zoom 
Same, but with the shutter speed allowing more light in
S23 Ultra normal picture mode, night filter
Appropo that I’m wearing a shirt with an owl on it

It turns out not only is it a Blue Moon, it’s also a supermoon!

[This] full moon is a Supermoon; a Blue Moon; the Sturgeon Moon; the Red, Corn, Green Corn, Barley, Herb, Grain, or Dog Moon; Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi Purnima; and Tu B’Av.

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-a-supermoon-blue-moon/

As for my run:

  • 3.11 miles
  • 39:23
    • more than 5 minutes shaved off of Saturday’s run
  • Best pace 5’56” during the last 0.1 mile

I remembered to stretch both before and after my run. I also discovered Dave Brubeck Quartert’s 1961 Castilian Blues is a tad too mellow for the end of a run, but Gaelic Storm’s One More Day Above The Roses works quite alright, and the instrumental outtro that lasts just under a minute is pretty good for my end-of-run final 0.1 push.

Oh, and there was a cat stuck on a chain link fence as I was leaving the park that I helped get down.

First 5K of the Season

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Woot! I received a medal. My first since I was seventeen.  It was the “Fly With the Flock” 5K at the Ogden Nature Center.

third place medal 2013-05-11 12.07.42

I came in 30th overall, and 3rd in my age division (3rd out of 19).  My playlist started with “Beautiful Day” by U2, but I added “Donnybrook Affair” by Carbon Leaf in front, to listen to while waiting for the race to start.  But then I wanted to listen to it while waiting for the crowd to thin so I could go faster.  I finished my playlist with “Lucky Country” by Midnight Oil followed by “Merry Mac” performed by Carbon Leaf.  Just before my name was read for me to claim my medal, a Coldplay song came to mind: “You might be a big fish, in a little pond, doesn’t mean you’ve won, ’cause along may come a bigger one”.  The second place finisher was 7.5 minutes ahead of me.

The course was fairly flat, mostly on dirt trails through the nature center, with a few ups and downs to be expected when trail running, but the total elevation gain/loss was probably no more than 10 feet.  It was a two lap course, and it was also a long course.  My Garmin Forerunner 305 reported 3.24 miles, while RunKeeper on my Samsung Galaxy SIII reported 3.33 miles (which was a bit unusual, as my Garmin usually reports a longer distance than RunKeeper).  My Garmin had my pace at 9:01/mi and RunKeeper had me at 8:51/mi.

Gross runner stuff ahead! (and some pics from the nature center)