Weather: Mostly Cloudy and Windy, 37°F, 57% Humidity, Wind: From NNE at 21 mph, gusting to 25 mph; feels like 26°F.Pace: 7:56 min/mile
Course: 12 in Twelve made using USATF Map It!
Roughly three of the almost twelve miles I ran this morning took me once again along the Erie Canal Trailway, a path I have run both East and West often. My favorite aspect of the trails at this time of year is the seemingly sudden reappearance of an abundance of aviary life: American Robins, Downy Woodpeckers, Mourning Doves and others.
Most times I first become aware of their presence not by a visual cue such as the flapping of wings among bramble branches, but rather due to their respective songs, such as the American Robin's "cheerily, cheer up, cheer up, cheerily, cheer up," or the Mourning Dove's plaintive "Òcoo-OOH, Ooo-Ooo-OooÓ." Personally, just by a few moments taken during a run to fleetingly observe or listen to bird activity that goes on around one can bring a sense of calm and well-being to a run and create are far more enriching experience than the BOOM-BOOM-BOOM of an i-pod or radio...
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