It started out as a mild winter, but unfortunately it didn’t stay that way. Today was a nice break, it got up to a toasty 43 degrees! So I headed out to Rockbridge State Park for some trail running. We’ve had several inches of ice on all the local trails for well over a month, one would think that by now they would be clear, but that was not the case. Fortunately I had my cross country spikes with me, I would never have attempted some of the trails I ran on without them. Definitely a unique and a beautiful run. 8 hard miles, up and down steep hills, along icy ridges overlooking frozen creeks hundreds of feet below. In a few weeks hopefully the ice will melt, until then the spikes will be getting some use!
19:23:52 – Tony Rigdon