Another step in getting ready for the "big run"......

Completed out (almost to Lake Erie) & back on mostly dirt trail and some bike path. Thought it might turn out to be 40 miles, but pal Brad's GPS stated 44.25 when done, took us 8.5 hours.....

Temp at 5:15am start was 32F, ended up around 60F when we finished. No rain, thank God!

Total of 4 "aid stops" each way. One was a vehicle stocked with aid, the others were bags hung in a tree.

The raccoons pillaged one of them, but we stopped at a golf course shop and bought $9.00 in snacks and drinks to make up for it. If they had gotten into one more aid drop, the run would have to had been cut short.

Recovered well. Took next two days off of running, just did some hiking.

6 days later ran a 5K race, set a master's PR for myself, my fastest in almost 8 years. Just ticked that I let 2 young fellers outkick me in the last half mile to bump me from 3rd to 5th place, but...that's racing for you, have to want it bad enough.