~5.6 miles @ ~14.0 min/mi

"Tic-Tac-Toe?!" Barry accepts the challenge and we play fiercely to a tie on a flip-the-panel 3x3 array of big yellow plastic X's and O's. We're at the Colt Terrace Neighborhood Park, a playground for little kids, stretching the legs and working up appetites for pizza. A young couple busy snoggling occupies the bench where Barry had hoped to do stretches. No matter!

"La Cerveza mas Fina" reads the label on the Corona Extra bottle lying on Inwood Avenue at mile 4, apparently unopened. Finders Keepers! Dr Stephanie texts us from the West Coast, awaiting her flight back after a mountainous trail run. "Barry will be the starting pitcher for the Nats soon," we lie, along with other outrageous tales. "He is a man of many talents, for sure!" she replies.

(trackfile) - ^z - 2017-05-02