Chasing Texas Counties; May 29, 2021

Long day, but a good one.  Mostly.

When I "chase counties" like I did today, a lot of the time it is therapy for me.  And, as of late, I really need it.

My job keeps me inside five days a week so when I'm done working I have to get out, including the weekends.

I have a hard time sitting at home.

Sure I like to read and want to chew off a bunch of books again this year, but I need to get out and be moving.

After running the Cibolo Crossing Stampede 5K, I ventured south down Interstate 35 and found the last Whataburger before breakfast stopped being served at 11 a.m. in Lytle.  It would prove to be my 154th different Whataburger to purchase something from (most of the time it has always been a meal, but once or twice I got a shake).

Then it was south to Dilley and then head west to Carrizo Springs.

The routine, if you're a new reader, is to go to the county courthouse, take a few pictures, including anything interesting that might be around it.  There are often historical landmark signs and today in Uvalde, for example, it was the Grand Opera House - in a town of about 12,000 people.

I run for approximately 15 minutes to make sure I get more than a mile in, get in the car and post the pictures and then head to the next county.

I've run in higher temperatures than I did today, but it just felt hot for some reason.

My paces were between 10:26 and 10:34, even though I think the mileage might be a little long on the Strava app. 

However, if I use the same tool now going forward, it's all the same.  Plus we're not talking about 10 versus 10.2 or something like that.

No big surprises in any of the runs.

They were as follows:

1.46 15:17.26 Dimmitt County Carrizo Springs

1.51 15:47.70 Zavala County Crystal City

1.44 15:16.28 Uvalde County Uvalde

1.44 15:23.37 Real County Leakey

A total of 5.85 miles in 1:01:43.61.

This gets me to a mile or more in 189 Texas counties with 65 remaining. 

I was going to try and chew off a lot during vacation, but I've changed that approach since I'm going to go and get in eight miles with Robert "The Raven" Kraft on South Miami Beach.

Long drive from Leakey to Waco as I didn't want to get on Interstate 10 or 35 this evening.  Just cutthroat driving basically.

I went through Fredericksburg and then all the way north on 16 to Goldthwaite and then in on 84 into Hewitt, Woodway and Waco.

My total mileage for the month, which will get over 160 with the races Sunday and Monday, looks like this now:

GVRAT miles = 152.731 

On pace at 29 days = 147.61 based on 621 miles (6.2 miles = 10K; 1000K)

Very slightly off pace at 29 days = 152.82 based on 642.9 miles

And ...

January 1 - May 24 (144 days)

217.86 miles running - 220.5 miles walking = 438.36 miles combined + 170.15 miles light walking = 608.51 miles on foot.  473.47 miles cycling.  10,930 meters rowing.

May 25 - May 29 (5 days)

9.95 miles running - 16.03 miles walking = 25.95 miles combined + 5.77 miles light walking = 31.72 miles on foot.  30.3 miles cycling.  6,217 meters rowing.