Trail Running Fall 2008
December 9, 2008
From the sun of September to the snow of November, we had a great trail class this fall! Here are some great photos of our last class. A big thanks to Barb and Sue, aka Poison and Ivy for their great leadership and coaching. The next class will start Summer 2009!!
”Hello fellow trail runners and evil task masters (yes, I’m referring to Poison & Ivy), Just an update on my trip to Berwick, Pennsylvania for the Run for the Diamonds, which is a 9 mile race, held on the American Thanksgiving. The weather was cold but clear; the course is relatively flat for the 2miles followed by the next 2 miles all uphill with the remainder mostly downhill. I felt better than I anticipated and did not need to invoke my customary hill climbing mantra of “I hate Barb” or “Barb is a liar”. The gentlemen (and I use the term loosely) that I travelled down with had inflamed my fear of the hill and on race day it ended being not nearly as bad as I anticipated. I finished in an hour and 17 minutes and I had been hoping to stay under and hour and 30 minutes so I am quite pleased. This was the 100th anniversary of the race while nextyear will be the 100th running of the race (they didn’t hold the race for a couple of years). Enthusiastic crowds for the race (large # of people out on their front lawns drinking beer and cheering us on (or maybe they were heckling), the race has a start time of 10:30am) and 1200 finishers made for a great event. Am now recovering from the downhill phase of that race, and hoping to be able to start running again soon (or perhaps I will just eat, drink & be merry through the holidays, Take Care, Christina”
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