1) Ran two races (5K and 15K) in two different states.
2) Ran the 15K in a driving rainstorm at the Biltmore estate in Asheville, NC.
3) Trail ran/climbed to the summit of a 4000 foot mountain, above the clouds below, in the Shenandoah Valley.
4) Passed up an opportunity to go to the Dukes of Hazzard museum featuring Cooter near Sperryville, VA. (Then again, that's one cooter I really don't care to get.)
5) Hiked two miles on the Appalachian Trail and took a wrong turn, spending an extra hour going up several hundred more feet in elevation change in order to return to my car.
6) Discovered that elevation sickness is passing and that after several minutes, I can run almost as well at 4000 ft. as I can at 500-900 ft. Humidity vanishes beyond the clouds, it seems.
7) Visited the Chancellorsville battlegrounds, did a 3.6 mile hike, and left wondering just how 100+K soldiers could have fought in that wooded morass.
Disappointed a Tibetan panhandler in Philadelphia who got only a few dollars in change for prayer beads and an emblem that says "Work Smoothly, Lifetime Peace" on it when he was probably expecting me to have $20 or more on me.
9) Came close to being jumped by a squirrel in Washington Square.
10) Climbed a sand dune and ran in the surf at Cape Henlopen, Delaware.
11) Between road races and trail runs/hikes, did over 31 miles/50K during these 133 hours.
12) Traveled almost 2000 miles during that time and slept no more than 6.5 hours any given day, yet felt more awake each day of the trip.
So what did I miss while having TV off and listening only to music and sports on the radio while driving? Any controversies du jour to learn about belatedly? Has the world ended yet? Is Bob Dylan really still a Nobel laureate?
Je suis méchant.