2 Miles: Water Irrigation Sprinklers
Yesterday my colleague asked me if I'm still running three miles, four times a week, I was embarrassed to say that since my wife underwent surgery about a month ago, I had stopped.
I felt ashamed and it inspired me to restart my running routine. I woke up early and eager to do the three miles. In my current community, I have mapped out 3 miles from multiple paths as to not get bored with the same scenery every day. I feel is important for a successful exercise routine to vary, whether is running, lifting weights, or another activity as our tendency as humans is to not like to do the same thing day in, day out.
I got started a bit after sunrise when about half a mile into the run, I was startled by water hitting below my knees near the calves. I turn around quickly to see that the sprinklers had pop out from the ground as I happened to be running by the house. If you're not familiar, in Florida is quite common for houses to have automatic lawn irrigation systems that are driving by a timer. I was not only annoyed to have gotten wet, but further by the waste of this precious resource being wasted because my neighbor had been to lazy to check his sprinklers' head which over time had lost is alignment and instead of watering his lawn, he was watering the sidewalk. Further, on my way back, I noticed that the same system was still running and had now created some nice puddles on the sidewalk. I guess that explains why his sidewalk is now cracked. This must be happening for quite some time.
The bottom line is that you have to be considerate of others. This minute task of realigning the sprinklers' head takes at most five minutes, but when not handled will cost my neighbor and the community deeply. At some point the cracks will turn into holes, the lawn will not get the proper amount of water, and all these time the water being wasted. Further, watering time limits are not being followed, you aren't suppose to water for more than fifteen minutes per section and I'm sure they're watering more than the allowed twice a week. I just don't know who enforces this rules and further I don't want to tattle and this only leads down a dark and lonely hole.Labels: 2-mile, gadgets, Jacksonville, techniques
I felt ashamed and it inspired me to restart my running routine. I woke up early and eager to do the three miles. In my current community, I have mapped out 3 miles from multiple paths as to not get bored with the same scenery every day. I feel is important for a successful exercise routine to vary, whether is running, lifting weights, or another activity as our tendency as humans is to not like to do the same thing day in, day out.
I got started a bit after sunrise when about half a mile into the run, I was startled by water hitting below my knees near the calves. I turn around quickly to see that the sprinklers had pop out from the ground as I happened to be running by the house. If you're not familiar, in Florida is quite common for houses to have automatic lawn irrigation systems that are driving by a timer. I was not only annoyed to have gotten wet, but further by the waste of this precious resource being wasted because my neighbor had been to lazy to check his sprinklers' head which over time had lost is alignment and instead of watering his lawn, he was watering the sidewalk. Further, on my way back, I noticed that the same system was still running and had now created some nice puddles on the sidewalk. I guess that explains why his sidewalk is now cracked. This must be happening for quite some time.
The bottom line is that you have to be considerate of others. This minute task of realigning the sprinklers' head takes at most five minutes, but when not handled will cost my neighbor and the community deeply. At some point the cracks will turn into holes, the lawn will not get the proper amount of water, and all these time the water being wasted. Further, watering time limits are not being followed, you aren't suppose to water for more than fifteen minutes per section and I'm sure they're watering more than the allowed twice a week. I just don't know who enforces this rules and further I don't want to tattle and this only leads down a dark and lonely hole.
Labels: 2-mile, gadgets, Jacksonville, techniques
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