Runfessions: May

Heading into Memorial Day weekend and it's cold, rainy, and windy. Sigh. It's also time to runfess. Do you runfess? On the last Friday of every month, Marcia opens the runfessional, and runners across the globe bare their soles and receive absolution. No sin is too big or small. Thank goodness. You know I always have something to runfess...

I runfess... that the last time we were at the lake, I had a 10k penciled in on my calendar but instead took my shoes to the trails. What the what? I don't even know who I am anymore, but I sure like where I'm at right now. In the wild away from the chaos, soaking up nature is a good place to be!

I runfess... that I was caught taking pictures for my post on fitness equipment. I took my equipment to the local park for my 'photo shoot'. A woman walking her dog kept walking back and forth, I guess to see what I was doing. So she's in quite a few of my photos. Fortunately, I was able to capture a screenshot without her for the post. 

MYOB, lady...

I runfess...that every time I run the trails, I see new weird structures people have made. This cairn is now enclosed in a structure created of tree limbs. Recent additions to the creation include an angel ornament hanging from one of the branches and gems placed at the base of the cairn. Can I just say that this cairn looks a little...phallic? Or is it just me? And who are these people and why are they building things like this and those weird structures out of tree limbs?

Are these gems a gift to the phallus, I mean cairn?

And speaking of weird stuff on the trails... I runfess to being completely entertained by the traveling mini flamingo that I keep finding, hidden in different places. I first saw it on the cairn above. Another time, I saw it in the hollow of a tree. This week, it was hidden in another tree. I posted it on IG and someone commented that I should take it and hide it. I don't know if I want to do that. I'm kind of enjoying the hide and seek...

Where will you be next time?

I waterskifess... my souvenir from my recent trip to Alabama was...a waterski. A few years ago, Holly purchased a new waterski but just didn't like skiing on it. The last time I visited her, I skied on it and fell in love. She offered to sell it to me but the cost of shipping was ridiculous! This past weekend when I visited her, I skied on it all weekend and fell even more in love. We found out that I could check it as oversized baggage for $30 and packed it up for the flight home! How often do you get to test drive new equipment before you buy it? Thanks to Holly, there's a lot of good juju in this ski and I'm looking forward to riding the wake on Lake Wisconsin. Not this weekend though! The water temperature is 60 degrees, too cold for this die-hard, even in my wetsuit. 

What do you have to runfess? Would you pass up a race for a trail run? Photobombed lately? Seen anything weird on your run? Would you move the flamingo? How cold is too cold for a swim?

I'm linking up with Marcia for Runfessions and with the ladies of Fit Five Friday:  Darlene, Michelle, Renee, Jenn, and Zenaida !