Trails! YAY!
Got to Monte Sano about an hour early. I normally sit up there and do homework while I wait on my friends, but decided that I wanted to ride my bike for an hour instead. I went down the old road that used to come to the top of the mountain. I'd never been on it before. It wasn't as bad as I expected. 1.55 miles each way. Going down was obviously much easier than coming back up. I saw 2 guys both ways and they kinda creeped me out because they were just standing there talking but they didn't really appear to be hikers or anything. I took it easy both ways; 7 minutes down, 10 minutes up. By the way, this is the biggest "mountain" (really one of the only mountains) in all of North Alabama. It probably wouldn't even be considered a "hill" by most of y'alls standards. I got back to the top and was going to ride some more, but one of my friends showed up, so I sat and talked with her until we were supposed to run.
By the time we were supposed to run, some very dark clouds had moved in over us. We debated about skipping the run and just going to eat. In the end, I, the voice of reason (or really the idiot), said that we were all on the mountain to run so we might as well do it. Rain isn't going to hurt anyone. They were more concerned about the lightning. Blah blah blah. We ran. It poured and poured and poured. It was absolutely fantastic. My friend, Laura, and I splash right through all the puddles while the rest of them all try to go around. That is always funny to me. You're going to get dirty; just get over it. Laura and I went to Panera Bread after running. Yum! We were both soaked and muddy and disgusting looking. Ha! | 