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Back On The Trail

It's been awhile since I've been back on the trail. I'm still not 100% well from this virus thing that's really had me down (Out Of My Control). I had planned to get in a recovery road run, but the night before I had a horrible headache (still). Instead, I decided to push it off since it was pretty chilly out.

By afternoon, it was a beautiful fall day. I decided to go up to the Appalachian Trail for a relaxing recovery run.



A few steps into the run,
I felt my heart sigh. The trail really is such a different running experience (for me) than road running. I felt my entire body relax.

The weather at one point was sunny. The next moment the temps had dropped almost 20 degrees and it was sleeting/snowing. It was crazy and awesome! I loved it, although I wasn't dressed for it.

It was magical to see my first snow flakes this year while I was out on the trail.


If you haven't tried trail running, I do encourage you to give it a try.

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