Squishy Bradbury

Mindy is on spring break this week, so we planned to meet up at the Brad this morning for a run. I had visions of nice warm sunny weather and dry trails to run on. Well, not so much! Instead, it was a bit bleak out - temps were in the mid-30s, it was drizzly and foggy - and the trails were wet wet wet. Ah well, it was great to have a chance to catch up and run with Mindy anyway! We didn't have a particular route in mind, so we just set off onto the Snowmobile Trail, which was part runnable ice, part bare ground and part post-holey hoar frost muddy squishiness. It was slow going, and around 2 miles in, we decided it wasn't going to get any better, and turned around to head back into the park. We took Ginn, and found the singletrack to be in a bit better shape for the most part, although there was still a lot of undermined snow, ice and some mud holes to maneuver around and over. We wandered along, chatting about this and that, catching up and discussing racing, injuries, work and such, and while the miles ticked by slowly, the time went by quickly. After running around in circles a few times :-), we finally took the Link back to the parking lot, getting in a little shy of 7.5 in the hour and half we were out there. Mindy took off for a meeting, and I stopped by Edna & Lucy's for a treat and some coffee to warm up before continuing on with my errands. Thanks for the company, Mindy! It was nice to share the cold, soggy and muddy run with a friend! :-)