Thursday, July 19, 2012

TThNR@Brad

Tuesday and Thursday after work I stopped in at the Brad.  Tuesday, I was greeted by a huge hoard of mountain bikers in the parking lot.  Hmmmmm.  Then I noticed Pathfinder!  He was just heading out.  I asked him about the same time as he asked me which side he was planning on.  I said which ever the bikes weren't doing.  He figured I'd be joining him on the mountain side.  Nope.  The bikes went right out the Northern Loop.  So I did my own thing for 4.2 miles on the east side.  I hope Kevin wasn't bothered by bikes.

This night, I did do the mountain side.  In fact, I did the last loop of the Breaker.  Yup, that's a breaker of a course :)  At first, I was a bit mad at myself for the choice.  My toes we screaming at the downhills.  I didn't want angry toes going into pacing George.  I yelled back at them.  This isn't steep you weenies.  Then I realized that my shoes were way loose.  I was just sliding into the ends.  Sorry toes, my bad.

All during the run, I kept thinking I heard something just off the trail running through the woods.  It seemed like something was following me.  Finally, I decided it was the three IRS guardian deer checking on me, keeping me safe for VT.  Poor George - I'll probably have his hallucinations right along with him.

It felt so good to run without all that humidity!!!

3 comments:

  1. IRS deer are the best. A very good decision on your part.
    Glad the toe thing was fixable. See you tonight. :>

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  2. My run on the mountain side actually went great and ran into only a couple bikers but they were nice ones and shared the trail....the mean crew must have gone out the connector.

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  3. Sounds like you were in perfect shape to pace George :D I love the idea of the IRS deer going from place to place to keep watch. I bet they have a cool car.

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