Weekend Fun

Spent Saturday morning making pancakes and cookies with Sam and baking up some brownies and banana bread to bring up to Keri and Tyler's. It was nice to have a mellow, if busy, morning at home with Sam and Ryan!

I contemplated just not running for the day but after a few hours spent baking and doing stuff around the house and seeing how beautiful it was outside, I decided to head out and just do what felt good. My original plan was for around 8 miles to make another 40 mile week, but I wasn't sure if that's what the legs would want. Headed out around 10:45 am into the bright sunshine. It took a few miles for my legs to loosen up but they felt good as I ran out into the Cathance, so I decided to go for a bigger loop. Lots of red leaves carpeting the trail and rocks along the river. Lovely! Glad I decided to get out the door to enjoy the beautiful morning! As always, it was worth it! (7.6 miles)

Along the powerlines, the viburnum leaves are turning and the berries have deepened to a dark purple

We headed up to Waldoboro in the late afternoon and had a fun evening hanging out and catching up and eating yummy homemade pizza with the Lupiens. Thanks for hosting, guys!

Keri and I got up to have coffee and breakfast in the pre-dawn darkness and headed over to Hidden Valley for an early morning course check. A very dark start at 6:00 am but it only took about 30 minutes before the sky lightened and the woods were awash in light. We had fun chatting away as we ran along. The fall colors are starting to pop, especially along the edges of the ponds and swampy areas. We stopped here and there to fix signs, take in the views and stop gagging on the bugs that we swallowed and wipe away the spider webs😂 so the pace was comfortable but I always forget how rugged to the HVNC trails! They definitely take work are but the course provides a really nice tour of the trail system and is a lot of fun! Keri peeled off at around 8 miles to get back to the start for registration and I continued on the rest of the course. So pretty, and such a great morning to be out! (13.0 miles)

Once back at the start area, I got changed, helped with the rest of registration and then did some work on the post-race food table. There was also a good amount of catching up with friends which is always fun! The girls had a blast together and must have run the obstacle course at least four times! 😀 There was pizza and beer and laughter and a lot of fun had! A great way to wrap up the weekend!