Kennedy Peak Trail Run 23 Apr 10

Hi everyone. This is Gary writing in the blog this time. Howard could not be with us because he was in West Virginia helping Joe and Cooter deliver a hot tub to a trailer. This morning we had a good crowd for our weekly trail run, six of us! Two new members, Don and Val joined us. Don ran with us last year but this was his first run with us this year. Val joined us for the first time and did very well. She had been training for a half marathon so she was pretty strong, just not used to the varied terrain. Linda and Andy are getting stronger all the time. The weather was a balmy 43 degrees and partly cloudy. The trail to Kennedy Peak is two miles up and two back. The trail is roller coaster with some rocky parts, it is the last half mile that is real sketchy, very rocky. The three guys and dogs went to the top and then caught up with the ladies on the way back. Up at the top of the peak is an observation tower that you can stand on to look out over the valley. Quite a picture! Bob is an animal! Strong and fast! The pace that Don and I were running at was not fast enough for him so he took off and we never saw him again until we arrived at the trail head! As you can see in the pictures most of us were wearing long sleeved t-shirts, a little overdressed because once you get started you warm up real quick. I do have to say though that the Golite shirt I was wearing was very light weight and I was very comfortable the entire run.
All of our runs are easy going, no one gets left behind. Anyone is welcome to run with us, so just check the Appalachian Outdoors Adventures facebook page to find out where we will be running next. In a future blog I will write about the gear we use and run in and what we like and don't like.