~5 miles @ ~10.1 min/mi

"We are Spartans!" Ken Swab tells me, and reminisces about the time he inadvertently crossed paths with a convention of Furries in a hotel. I riposte with a discussion of Fordyce's Angiokeratoma. "Why are we wasting such witty banter when there are no witnesses? It's like a tree falling in the forest with nobody around to hear it." Two tiny bunny rabbits race away — were they listening? Temps in the mid-70s at 7am with reduced humidity make for a less unpleasant jaunt than recent days. From Ken-Gar north on Rock Creek Trail, out-and-back on the Matthew Henson Trail to Veirs Mill Rd, plus a little hill work up from RCT milepost 9, where a couple of walkers give chase. "You can take us!" I encourage them, "We're old!" Pace accelerates on the way back to a 9:19 min/mi finish.

(GPS trackfile, ...) - ^z - 2011-08-10