A Running Doc’s Life: Get Your Tail on the Trail!

It was a great weekend! Saturday I spent it at Newton Hills running in my first trail run. 20k…12.4 miles. Lots of hills! Quite of few of us from the Watertown Area Running Club were able to go. We had great weather, starting just below 50, and not taking long to get into the upper 60’s by the time we were done. The scenery was great, as I stopped to take pictures along the way as well.

Paula came from Sioux Falls, and I have not run with her for quite a while! Patricia and Jill were there from Watertown as well.

The colors were still very nice, and there were quite a few leaves on the trail, which made it a little tougher to see tree roots, and we stumbled a few times. This next shot gives you an idea what at least one of the hills were like.

Here is a picture of a bunch from Watertown just prior to the start…

…and then quite a few of us after finishing.

It was a lot of fun. This is one race where it truly is to just get out and enjoy going for a run and having some really cool scenery to look at. The temperatures could not have been better, especially after what the beginning of this past week was looking like! It did not matter how long it took us. We were not out for time, and everybody was always cheering everybody else on in the race. I will definitely be back again to do again in the future. We are recruiting more people from Watertown as well. Enjoy these nice days we have left for as long as we can.

And remember, have fun! Keep your “tail on the trail”. Keep moving everybody!

Dr. Dan

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