The friends that I started running with mostly agreed that mother's day tends to suck for mother's, so in a effort to do one thing WE wanted on Mother's Day we agreed to do a 5k together. We looked all over for one to sign up for, but couldn't find what we were looking for so we decided to do our own. It wouldn't have t-shirts or an after run buffet, but at least we could run when, where, and with whomever we wanted.
Instead of almost five of us it ended up just being two of us, and of course it was 90 some degrees and blaring sun by the time we could meet up for it. In an effort to avoid undue stress to my still hurting knee and to avoid the sun at all costs we decided to finally check out the Sandrat River Trail. I had been asking my friend to run with me there for months, but she was a bit scared of trails (truth be told so was I & that's why I wanted company). Mother's Day was the perfect day for it so we met at the trail head and headed in. The shade was wonderful and just getting to chat with a friend uninterrupted for thirty minutes or so was a treat I needed on Mother's Day (Ahhhh....Motherhood). I think we'll go back and try a Monday night "newbie" run. It's hosted by a local Ultra Trail Running group called the Trail Hawks. I have it on good authority that the lead guy is nice and that the newbie runs are truly newbie friendly. I think I like this trail running thing.
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