Today we ran 12.3 miles on trails. A loop. From Thomas Paine cottage to Pain College in New Rochell. And we did it in 2 hours and 2 minutes. Up and down, through the woods, over slippery foot bridges, around and over rocks, through mud, through more mud, through insane mud... But we did it!
Path: Leatherstocking Trail to Saxon Woods, to Hutchinson River Trail. Follow the blue stars! And yay for the yellow flags, as the true Paine 2 Pain Half Marathon was run earlier in the morning, so we had a gingerbread trail to follow. Nature was beautiful with chipmunks, waterfalls, babbling brooks, bogs, fall foliage, and reservoirs to name a few highlights.
New Balance Minimus Trail 20, thank you.
Camelbak belt with water bottle and large pocket for my cell phone (in case we got lost, which we did, a lot!), gu, and energy jelly beans. Chocolate Raspberry Roctane 2x caffeine gu was very tasty. Watermelon beans were hard to chew mid run, definitely a pre-run snack. Water was lovely.
Yesterday we were up in Altamont (by Albany) picking Empire and Kendall apples off trees with Danielle and Eileen and Eileen's roommate at Indian Ladder. We had a lovely turkey, apple, cranberry-mayo and swiss sandwich inside, some delectable apple-cinnamon doughnuts, both cold and hot apple cider, and apple tea. Today, again I found myself fueling with fresh picked apples, and soon, if you're lucky, I will share a killer apple pie recipe that I plan on making again later this week. For now, time to put my feet up and make sure all my bones are still connected. Go Giants!
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