AM - sluggish 5 miles to start the day.
Thanks to JT for this tip, but WTF! is this crap? No, NOT A GOOD IDEA.
Solid podcast by Tim and Gary (again).
Train like a pro.
Eric asked for folks to help him assemble news this week while he is on vacation. I volunteered up and had today, so that is all over there. Eric’s site is a great venue for news like that on a near daily basis.
Last night I was yapping with various folks post run. A younger couple (27) found out how I was from Colorado, and mentioned how it was a dream or plan of their to live there someday. I glanced at the other “old guy” (50) who was in this conversation, gave an unspoken and unmoving nod to each other with the look and we both jumped in. “Go now,” we advised. “You have more flexibility in your lives now to go there then you will probably have in the next 20 years. Go.” They started to back pedal a bit of how it was not really a plan, and they had these jobs here that were good, and that they had time. I don’t think we over pressed them on the matter, but … I think they thought we probably sounded like nutty old dudes – and we were. But no matter, I guess … I probably will never see them again.
Today’s listening.
Evening – I felt compelled to get back to the Watchung Reservation given my short go at it the other night. I was able to slip down there a little earlier and did the “white” trail loop. There are a ton of trails through here, marked with different color blazes. The issue is not finding a trail – it is finding the right one. I came to junctions multiple times and had to pause to assure I was following the right route. New Jersey gets a rap for urban sprawl but it was beautiful in this green tunnel tonight.
11.2 miles, easy. Only fell once.
Jenny Simpson kicks ass.
Colorado sucks, don't move here. (said no one, ever)
ReplyDeleteThe New Joisey pics remind me that I wish I had been a trail runner 30 years ago when I lived in southern Indiana. Very similar trails. Brown County State Park had a whopping 600 feet of vert (woo-hoo) and autumn leaves that people traveled large distances to see. (provided they were not within driving distance of New England)
I have told people how dry it is in Colorado. How hot the summers are. How cold the winters are. How the thin air sucks. It seems to shake some people off for at least a little while.
ReplyDeleteYou know why Colorado is so windy? Cuz Texas sucks.
I was getting more vert on my easy trail runs in NJ than I do on my runs in Broomstock. Hills here are either the 3000 footers (it seems) or nada.