May and June runs

Cat, Josh and I ran in a 5 km race at Granger in the second-half of May. Here are a couple of shots that Emily took of Cat and I coming down the home straight. My time was 22 minutes and something-or-other.

From 2011-05-14

From 2011-05-14

Afterwards, Emily and I took a ride along the East Bank Trail in to town for lunch.

From 2011-05-14

And then I was rolled in this game of chess.

From 2011-05-14

Cat and I kept training and then ran, on a sweltering morning in the start of June, in the Sunburst Half-Marathon in South Bend. We finished the race in the stadium on campus. Our time was a bit over two hours. There's a few more photos from this race that I will upload shortly and paste into my next post.

From 2011-06-04

Spring at Notre Dame

The PI's boss was baptised at The Basilica in May. In the afternoon afterwards, some of my colleagues and I stopped for a couple of photos.

From 2011-05-09

You can see that the trees are getting their leaves back here and it only took until May!

From 2011-05-09

The campus is gorgeous in all seasons!

From 2011-05-09

Here's a shot from the Main Building to the La Fortune building, my primary source of tea.

From 2011-05-09

Wow - some blue sky! Ideal running climate settled in at about this time of the year. So, the next post will have photos from 5km and 20km runs.

From 2011-05-09

Morel-hunting

Indiana's climate turned a bit more hospitable in May so I took the opportunity to hike a little in the nearby woods. Spring-time is accompanied by the fruiting of morels. Emily poses with a fair-sized specimen here.

From 2011-05-08

These strange-looking fungi are actually pretty tasty when lightly salted and fried.

From 2011-05-08

Here is another in its natural state.

From 2011-05-08

And then we found this mysterious hatch in the forest. Having watched so much 'Lost' we knew better than to force the hatch!

From 2011-05-08