Thursday, August 10, 2006

3 Hour Run at Thacher & Along the Long Path
Wednesday, August 9, 2006

NY/NJ Trail Conference Long Path site

Good things:

  • the view from the escarpment trail in Thacher Park
  • the view from Roemer's High Point, above Thacher on the Long Path
  • running through and along fields of golden and purple flowers
  • running along a quiet country road on a sunny day
  • running on a section of trail I'd never run before
  • the cool boulders and outcroppings along the Hop Field trails at Thacher
  • running all the way up Paint Mine Rd nonstop and most of the way up the hill in the field
  • frogs in the huge puddles on the logging road near Roemer's High Point

Not so good things:

  • "running" (OK, hiking!) through meadows of waist-high undergrowth, unable to see what's underfoot
  • thrashed quads for the last 30-40 minutes, either due to too much riding the day before or not enough electrolyte intake during the run
  • leaving the gorgeous landscape of Thacher to return to the city of Albany!

-JMH