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Finally, cool enough weather where you can run, really run. The trails are just at the crispy state - just frozen enough to be solid yet spongy enough to have a little bounce. This first pic, I call "Fast Dog, Slow Fruit". I'm moving right along but the leaves and the fruit on the ground is stopped. That's why I'm blurry and the fruit is sharp(er). Those are called Osage Oranges or Hedge Tree fruit. Some folks call them hedge balls, others might call them hedge apples. They can even be used as insect repellent - but not squirrel repellent, the little besties like to eat them.
This second pic makes it look like we don't know where the trail is going. If you end up here, you may not know either as this is not part of the "Red Trail" or any part of the race loop. Just the mad painter painting every trail they can find with red. So, you can no longer trust following those red markings.
Remember, group run, three loops, Dec 13. See previous post for details
What the heck is a Fat Ass run anyway? Well, if you know what it is and somebody wants to hold one, I guess it sounds okay to me! Mike Siltman, of previous McNaughton ultras as well as many others, will be hosting one of those runs using pretty much the race loop. This run will start at 7 A.M. on Saturday, December 13 and go for three loops. Mike will mark the trail so you can have some help with direction and still run your own pace. No registration fee, no awards, no "on course" aid stations, no official tour guides. Mike does promise to have some ultra food and a bit of an aid station at the start finish. He will have a donation jar set out if you'd like to help finance the refreshments. That is a Saturday and you should plan for about any kind of weather on the planet. Mike says he will have a fire going at the start finish area. I think you will need that fire after running through the ice water in the creeks!
Contact Mike at mikesiltman@hughes.net to RSPV or to ask questions.
What a great day for a run in the park! Bright sun shinny day with mild temps made for about the best conditions you can ask for. Great company and super tour guides allowed folks to get a wonderful McNaughton experience. We had Carey, Sheila, Christy, Mike, Donna, Dan, Brian, Jason, Chris, Howard, Jeff, Bob, Ann, Jerry and Mike. Counting me and my people, that's 18 (or so I'm told). I am a herding dog so understand how difficult it was to keep track of everybody once you got all spread out over several miles and how thankful I am that I had the help of the tour guides.
While there was interest in doing a night run, everybody had other schedules to keep and leaves to rake. I, however, had to take up my post on the back deck, guarding the yard from squirrels between power naps.
