The Road Less Traveled

I ran a Jug Bay route I haven't run in quite some time this afternoon after work...an almost all-road run...I ran up croom airport road to the bus depot...about 2.9 miles with some good sized hills to navigate...saw some folks walking their dogs on the way out...big ass dogs too...at the entrance to the bus lot I ran the trail back down to the park road and from there went to the park HQ...took the private driveway as a diversion...the gate was open anyway...looped around at HQ and saw some more big ass dogs on leashes...took the trail at the park road's sharp turn and looped around to the park round further down...from there I decided to head back on roads rather than stay on the trail...this meant climbing some big ass hills near the park entrance...I was able to make it up without stopping or cursing myself for taking this route back...from there it was smooth sailing back to base...total mileage 8.4 in an hour eighteen minutes and some change...felt a little weird getting in a long run mid-week, but I was up to the challenge today...felt good...