Northern Loop

Early afternoon

A new route coined as the Northern Loop today with Frank and Brian. A few weeks ago I headed out with Paul on an extended version of The Cut route and lost him at one particular point in the run, just after the Horseshoe Trail picked up at Charleston Elementary School. I wanted to get back out to this area and meander about for a while, exploring the various sections of the trail. Before lunch I found out that the Horshshoe trail extends some 140 miles from Valley Forge National Park to Harrisburg where it picks up the Appalachian Trail. Even though most of the trail in this area hugs some pretty well-traveled roads, they are still blazed accordingly and you can still find some pretty technical sections to traverse. Today's run accumulated almost 800 feet of total vertical climbing. I'm not too savvy when it comes to total elevation, but that seems pretty decent for a lunch time run.

I had to bring a paper printout of the area so as not to get lost, but Frank and Brian quickly realized that they were familiar with the area that we were running through. That made things much easier. We joked about stringing together all of the main loops that we have been doing, The Cut, Quarry/Nature Preserve, CVT, and this Northern loop. Seems like it would be a good 17-18 miles. I think it was a joke.

About 7 miles total in 70 minutes.

Late evening

Basketball against Sales

The win tonight and the loss by Sweetness puts us in a legitimate three-way tie with Prestige WW. Each of us of one loss to both of the other teams. I think the rule is that if we all win out the rest of the season, rankings in the playoffs will be based on points scored. It would be nice to make it to the championship without having to play either of those teams.