Gravel Grinding

I snoozed through my alarm this morning after being up half the night so I missed my run...well sort of...I had planned to ride my short runs this week since "the ankle" is a bit colorful after running last Saturday and Sunday.  After spending all morning at summer school with J & S and then school supply shopping with them in tow I was ready for some out of the house without kiddo time when sweet husband got home.

S & J tire swinging it at Lawrence Community Nursery School, AKA The Little Red Schoolhouse

 I wanted to drop some paperwork off to a friend that lives about a mile away so I headed over to her house first, then out of town on a road that quickly turns to gravel.  I stopped to send gravel grinder husband, he blogs at Pedal Constantly, the picture below.  He was jealous.

Two-ish miles out of town the gravel got really loose. Which was sort of fun on the uphills and a bit scary on the downhills.  Made it two more miles before starting to head back to town since I hadn't brought my light and since I only needed to make up for a 4 mile run.  The sunset was beautiful on the way back into town, so stopped to get a quick picture.   

It wasn't actually as dark as this picture would lead you to believe.

Back to town and up and down my mile long street of rolling hills back to our house.  I have a new appreciation for the 200 miles sweet husband did at the DK200, and maybe a re-invigorated love of gravel roads (I grew up on one and learned to ride my bike on one).