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Raccoon Trapping 101

I am currently seeking shelter under a tree before the Fort Worth Tri- Half Ironman. It is about to be cancelled due to weather, but I don’t know that yet. I am thinking about Jessy. Did you do any writing today?   What race report are you up too?   When will you finish Rocky? Jessy has been waiting patiently (or more accurately, impatiently) for my race report of Rocky Raccoon. I had to be ready. Fully processed and able impart some meaning for what I put my mind and body through, and I had not yet found that. I needed what happened out there in those woods to mean more than the belt buckle and cool medal. I wanted more from that race than a few more stories for my collection. A lot has happened since then. I got ultra sounds on my heels and feet, revealing the mystery of why everything hurt. I travelled solo in mine and Jessy’s new truck to North Carolina and ran a 50k on a cool island. The whole family camped and Jessy did her first triathlon. We grew as a