7 miles, Deer, Gunshots and Spider

I ran my 7 mile lake route this morning in 1 hour and 16 minutes. It was very dark when I started out at 5:30, the sun was rising at 6:30 and I was glad the sun was to my back as I finished my run because it was very powerfully orange and bright this morning.

I saw four nervous deer in yards down near the lake, heard five shots fired in the vineyard just outside the village, and then, as I was walking home, saw a HUGE brown spider on the sidewalk a few houses down from ours.

I don't know much about spiders but I didn't want to get to close to it so I can't say much else except that the body was big and the abdomen looked like it had spots on it. I've never seen such a big spider outside of a cage, especially on a sidewalk, and hope not to see it again anytime soon.

4 miles tomorrow and then 15 on Saturday.