~7.0 mi @ ~20.0 min/mi

"Pugs and Kisses!" says the sign for the dog statue wearing Easter Bunny ears. Pokey enjoys an urban bushwhack as he stumbles along new cut-through paths at Carroll Knolls Local Park and, far sketchier, through brambles along a drainage stream east of Stephen Knolls School. Eventually he scrambles back to civilization up a muddy slope and arrives at Wheaton Plaza. Nearby a bright mural by "Eli Sabe Rayar" (Elisa Murillo, a Venezuelan-American artist) graces the wall of a Jamaican restaurant. He meets Spuds during the return trip and they ponder the protocols for low-mileage ultramarathon training. How to ramp up and taper down simultaneously? Hmmmmm ...

(trackfile) - ^z - 2021-04-28