Blurry Bald Eagle!

I think this is the first bald eagle I've seen in Colorado, even though others seem to spot them every day. It was fishing at Crown Hill Lake while I walked at lunch on Wednesday. Hopefully this is the blurriest photo I will ever post:

Bird on left: "I'm a chicken hawk!"
That's a crow was sitting next to it, so I didn't get the full effect of its size relative to normal-sized birds.

This is the adjacent human-designated wildlife preserve, which apparently wasn't as much to the eagle's liking:

AM Short Green Lakewood

Nice morning. At 30-degrees it was chilly on the uphill, then I was down to a T-shirt for the sunny downhill portion, and the tights were total overkill.

Run distance 4.63 miles, time 52:05, and elevation gain/loss 488 feet.

You may be glad to know I'm not going to talk about the State of the Union, either the state itself, or the speech. For now, anyway.

Warm, Cool At Bear Creek

It was 40 degrees with 10-30 mph winds on Sunday, but I got away with wearing shorts and long sleeves with a wind shirt for my run... barely.

I was borderline freezing, but of course high school kids were out in shorts and T-shirts like it was summer. Sometimes it's hard to believe human young ever reach maturity, isn't it? Hey, I'm surprised I'm still here.

This was not the best way to go, but it was fun

With sun = warm

No sun = cold
Distance 8.10 miles, time 1:31, gain/loss 356 feet. Shoes: MT110, kept a quick cadence to keep the footsteps soft.

The feet have been happy, even with the uptick in running in thinner soles lately. The bike-crash knee is always slightly miffed when I get out for a run, and hopefully I'm not merely imagining that it seems to fade as time passes.

On a lighter note, some people get paid to wear this hat.