Fun, Mud and Sun at the Brad

I met up with Mindy, Blaine and Nathan this morning for 10 miles at the Brad. We hit the east side to run the Bruiser course without the "O." It is truly amazing that last Wednesday Mindy and I were tiptoeing across vast stretches of snow and ice on these same trails. Today we ran on mostly bare, packed ground, with some good, squishy muddy areas and only a few small spots of ice here and there. What a difference a week makes, especially with the weather we've been having! It was fun to run the singletrack and enjoy the dirt!

We had a fun time meandering through the woods, chatting easily the whole way and keeping the pace mellow. I could feel the day warming up as we ran along, but luckily, we were in the shade enough that the heat wasn't oppressive. We could certainly feel it once we got back to the parking lot, though - felt like the middle of summer, not the middle of March! After a few minutes of chatting and stretching, Blaine headed back out for the rest of his miles, while Mindy, Nathan and I went our separate ways. It was great to have friends to run with on a random Wednesday morning - definitely made the miles much more fun - thanks guys :-)