Cows and Corn

Yes, I got up to run this morning. The alarm went off at 4:45am but I didn't get out of bed until 5:21 and left the house by 5:35. I ran most of the 3-miles but walked a small portion of the uphill. My time was 37:35.

I had some early entertainment in my run this morning as I passed by a group of cows out to pasture. They were mostly Holsteins with one light brown cow (a Jersey? a Brown Swiss? I'm not sure) in the bunch. The cows belong to the local dairy farm and sometimes I see the cows outside but far away in the field near their barn. This morning, though, a group of them were right up near the fence near the road.

I don't think the cows see many joggers, particularly at this time in the morning, and they weren't all sure what to do. The first two cows that saw me--a Holstein and the tan cow--ran towards the fence and, if I hadn't been trying to maintain my slow and steady pace, I would have stopped to try to pet them. Some other cows looked up with interest and I was surprised to see a few more start to amble towards the fence. I'd never seen so many outgoing, friendly cows before. But I think I startled the last two because when they heard my shuffling on the road, they took off quickly (for a cow) in the opposite direction. Aside from scaring the cows, which I felt bad about, this cow encounter was a nice distraction on my run and gave me something to think about.

And the corn is starting to come up! I can't wait until we can eat fresh corn on the cob.