Congratulations fatozzig , looking forward to hearing all about it and seeing Your photos !

I went tramping through the woods late Friday afternoon ... between thunderstorms and downpours. It was lovely. Lots of grumbling from above and very dark when i started. 6 or 7 miles later the sun came poking through the tree tops. Sunbeams in the forest ... one of my favorite things.

Spent Sunday morning and afternoon doing some easy trail running with a bit-o- walking thrown in for pace training.
Mainly walked the short steep hills and some of the gradual inclines.T'was very humid here also ... but mainly first thing in the a.m. Seemed to get better after 10:30 or so.
This is my favorite local trail running so it was easy to stay out all day even though the workout involved some course repitition. A good training day for me, I am pleased with my run

Sorry, haven't figured out the picture thing yet ....

Will have to think about the Question of the week ....

Hey all - I feel sort of bad being away from the trails so much, but tri training cuts those opportunities down.

Leslie - can't wait to read your race report from Salt Point. It sounds like you did just fine for yourself - congrats!

I'm loving all your pics you're posting, JJJ. And it sounds like you had a pretty gorgeous run yourself, runNY.

Dang Greg - a 4-hour jaunt and then helping someone move? Agreed on those Red Bliss chips - mighty good.

Question Of The Week - Muir Woods 25K this April. ITB went to five-alarm status 3 miles from the end, and some of the toughest technical terrain remained. Didn't help that a badly marked turn sent a whole host of us up the trail to nowhere, where we literally crawled up and then back down on our sides once we figured things out.

At the end, I knew I tweaked things pretty good, but I discovered the sense that I could gut it out if needed, and though the turn was annoying, getting all nice and muddy in the process isn't really that bad.

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Here's my race report, everyone. http://fatozzig.blogspot.com/[/URL" target="_blank">

Boy, never having dealt with a blog before, this was a real pain in the a$$!! Finally got it done, though!

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Question of the Week:

What has been your most challenging trail running experience?

The most challenging trail running I have done has not really involved overcoming 'the course' per se, but in overcoming my own fear of some of the other challenges involved in running trails. Roots and rocks, hills and mountains, creeks and streams, adverse weather and even major mud have all been kind to me so far. I've been able to manage getting through those things without too much suffering. The toughest official event being the Rachel Carson Trail Challenge last year .... 9700' in 35 miles. Lots of short steep climbs and a few butt slides down. It's organized as an all day hike but some of us did it as a trail run. A great event !

I'd have to say though that my solo events have been the real challenge. Being out alone in unfamiliar territory and being severely navigationally challenged is the real trail running challenge for me. I've been lost and frustrated and scared many times out there. And it seems that I have such a knack for wildlife encounters that I must now overcome that anxiety too !

My most recent adventure . . . being alone and semi lost in the Florida Everglades and seeing one monster of an alligator in an irrigation ditch beside the trail !!
THAT was one major challenging r u n back to my car !!