22.3 km logged on the trails adjacent the Mansfield outdoor center. We super lucked out , temperatures started in the high teens ending in the low teens and no rain.
About and hour in I took the shirt off. I was wearing my Salomon ADV Skin 12 pack. I can put allot of stuff inn it and was prepared for rain or the temperature to drop. Luckly I didnt have to call on any of its content during the event. The Garmin ( on my wrist ) temperature graph tells the story.
It was a slow pace but I was 100% A OK with that...relentless forward progress.
The original venue was Dunedin, a course I am very familiar with and quite fond of. Due to an Ice Storm a couple of weeks ago the Bruce Trail was closed. The new venue was the forest adjacent the Mansfield Outdoor center. I ran a 50k there a couple of years ago and will be doing it again in another 6 weeks. We had a fair bit of rain the night before the race I was expecting mud but there wasn't any...very well drained sandy soil. The trails were beautiful to boot and wihout leaves you could see a long ways.
Raj was along for the ride and did very well. We started with the 12K loop upon completion we decided another 8K was enough timing the arrival of the Pizza. Around 4K in we came across a fellow doing the same as us however he made a wrong turn or was lead astray by some confusing flagging. Coming back we came to the second 8K or 12K junction and decided to follow the 12K loop knowing it would end at the start/finish. This added a couple of Ks to our day and that was really nice.
Up next in 2 weeks is the 6 hour Pure Grit. Hoping to get out to BV for a loop or two between no and then.
I really wasnt sure what to expect I havent run any trails since December and my longest run this year was 12 km on a treadmill. I have been very busy doing firewood and skiing both very good cross training for running.
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