Saturday, January 23, 2016

We get to play in the snow!

RUN 13 miles in 2:45 on Greenrock/Rockwoods

DT and I ran this, TV busy with his clowder :)   DT mentioned something TB said to him once on a gravel ride, that we get to play on our bikes. Love it! So it's the title of this post.

There was still a light snow on the ground, but it was the best you could ask for in a trail run. Both crunchy and powdery, fresh and tracked a little, not melting, not frozen. Pretty holographic looking glittery to each side of the trail. This was a golden time to run the trail, it will certainly look much different in just a day.

We started from the shelter and wandered down the hill to Greenrock. I thought we were going south, but in fact went north to Rockwoods! Realized this once I saw the horse jumps. Oh well, this way we got to enjoy the wall or corkscrew or whatever you want to call it.

This was a great run, and reminded me of the 12 miler Chubb run TV and I did about a year ago that wiped us both out and left us hurting. We marveled at how just 12 miles could be so tough. Same today. By 10 miles both of us were commenting on our growing fatigue and pains, calves and quads.

The time seems long! But I didn't stop the Garmin when we stopped at Rockwoods to grab a bite to eat (a potato for me) and we did seem to walk a lot more on the way back.

DT is fun to run with! He loves the sports :)

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After the run met TG and TH for lunch. EC couldn't make it. Really needed to talk with people, catch up on news, and feel connected again. Why is it so hard for me to reach out?

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