Pinelands Run

Another beautiful late fall day here in Maine. The sun was shining, there was a slight breeze and it was around 43 degrees when we finally headed over to Pinelands for an afternoon run. The small parking lot by the pond was full when we pulled in, so we drove over and parked at the YMCA instead. We could see Mt. Washington and the Presidentials in the distance, with what looked like a big swath of snow on Washington. We headed out onto the campus loop, and for the first 10 minutes or so I was cold, but eventually warmed up as we ran along. It was nice running on the trails again and kicking up the leaves as we went along. Snowman seemed to be struggling a bit, and admitted to feeling slightly off. But he wanted to keep going, so we continued on across the street to do the Oak Hill loop.

Yesterday the NESCAC cross country meet was held on the Oak Hill section, and so the route the runners took was raked and free of leaves, which was nice. We meandered along, up and down the hills, enjoying the quiet of the late afternoon woods. On a run like this a GPS would have been handy, but in the end, we figured we ran 7 miles (1:07:16). I felt good during the run, and it was great to get out.