TNT mileage increases. Yesterday we covered 14 muddy miles in and around the Rose Bowl. As I drove to practice, I saw other groups coping with the morning's downpour. The Korean-American Running Club — most noted for their lime, day-glo jerseys that can be seen from outer space — today wore fifty-five gallon trash bags. A most disposable rain coat. They looked like giant, jogging plums. Trails were a mess, churned up by other runners and hikers. One of our mile markers is a support post under the 210 Freeway. Someone graffittied, "TNT. Go Team! 2006." A childish frame-up. Obviously, no real TNTer spray-painted that. If so, there would've been a URL or address where you could send money.
The deluge stopped, leaving a cool pleasant day — perfect distance-running weather.
The various pace groups ran, walked, slipped and splashed our way up past JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratories: they send things into space to photograph Mars and the Korean-American Running Club), into the Angeles National Forest, up to the Elmer Fudd Bridge (it's Elmer Smith but "Fudd" resonates), then back down the trail to the Finish Line in Parking Lot K of the Rose Bowl. Next week is another 3.1 mile race ala Emerald Nuts. Saturday we'll be at the Santa Anita Derby Days 5K. In keeping with the race track theme, several of our faster runners will wear weights and at least two must carry small men on their backs.
More as details unfold.
2 comments:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060402/ap_on_re_us/rainy_hawaii
couldn't resist sending this after seeing the article. Bet you wish it had rained a little on marathon day in December. BTW, I had completed fundraising a month ago thus no need for the URL
Wow! Ton 'o Rain.
I'm thinking with that volume of water, I might've pulled a Roaring Rapids down Diamond Back and set a record.
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