What better way to celebrate Valentine's day than go for a run in Mohican? Breakfast in bed was out of the question this morning. I was out of the house at 6:30...Mohican was calling my name. I met up with Rob, Michelle, Kim, Regis, Lucas, Wendy, Debbie, and Joe at the covered bridge, all in all a pretty good turnout considering the holiday. The weather ended up being perfect, no wind and just cold enough that the trail wasn't too muddy. There was a little ice on the purple loop, some trees down, and a section of the orange loop under water but overall the trails were in great shape. We started out with a purple loop, followed by the 50k blue loop, then we started an orange loop. A couple miles into the orange loop Rob and Michelle decided to turn back and after getting verbal instructions from Rob about navigating the orange loop I was off on my own. Though I really enjoyed the orange loop I missed the company of other runners. I was a little unsure that I was staying on trail and would always stop and celebrate every time I passed a mtb 100 mile marker. I felt great and was genuinely enjoying the scenery and quietness of being out there all alone, but it seemed like an eternity between mile markers. In the end I logged just over 26 miles in around 5:50 (I didn't have a watch but the clock on my car read 1:50 when I finished up my run). I felt so good that I wish there was someone willing to go further, but I was the last one of our group still out and I had enough alone time for one day : ). Thanks to Kim for organizing the run today, and to Rob and Michelle for keeping me company on the first half of the run!
It was real nice to run with you. We look forward to future runs. Nice job out there!
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