Start time: 12/17/05, 8:00am
Location: W&OD Trail
Distance: 12 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 5:1
Average pace: 11:00min/mile

Seven of us were foolish enough to decide to brave the W&OD Trail again this morning, which is pretty respectable numbers for winter running based on past experiences. Portions of the trail are still clogged by snow and ice, so one has to be careful; a lot of running off of the trail and alongside through the snow on the grass was necessary to keep from sliding to one’s death (or at least a broken ankle). Julie and Katie ended up just running four, while Chanty stuck it out for ten miles. Mark, Randy, Craig, and I were insane enough to do the full twelve that Mark had marked down for his marathon training schedule; I still have no idea if anyone besides Randy (and even that’s really up in the air) is going to actually run the Frederick Marathon, mind you. Once Mark starts upping the distance some more I’ll probably be cutting out early unless I see a marathon that I’m desperate to run.

Oh, and as an added bonus, I ran into first Pam, then Katie G on the trail. I came seriously close to smacking Pam on the butt (she had headphones on and didn’t know I was coming) but there was that 5% chance that it might not have really been Pam and just looked like her from behind. That’s always hard to explain.