Sunday Run

This week you’ll have to shut off your favorite Saturday Morning cartoons to join in on the Sunday Long Run. Many of us will be looking for eggs and jellybeans at the break of dawn Sunday, or watching a 6AM Red Sox exhibition game from Japan. So this week, due to Easter, we’re featuring the Saturday Long Run!

I just put up a new map for this distance, covering 17.8 miles and hitting Swains Pond, the Fellsway, and Breakheart. This will be our last trip to Breakheart before Boston. The route needs three water stops, at the corner of Main St and Winter St, at the Knoll across from the Middle School, and at the Saugus entrance at Breakheart. Ed will be organizing our volunteers on the existing thread.

Those looking to run less there are many opportunities to turn off of this route to make a 4.5, 7, or 8 mile run, or you can join in at the knoll for a 9 mile run, or just run the Breakheart section for 3. Don’t be shy, we like the company. So join us for the first long run of the Spring, despite the fact that the weather didn’t seem to get the memo about it being Spring.

People should note, since it’s Saturday both Brueggers and the roads will be more crowded. This means we’ll need to be more aware of how much space we’re taking up on both counts.

Roll Call! Who’s in?

As we approach St Patrick’s Day and all things Irish, I’ve quoted a traditional Irish blessing for the theme of this week’s run. The run is a recovery run after reaching for 20 miles last week. In the spirit of  ‘the road rise up’ we’ll be passing through Breakheart again where some of the best rising roads around reside. And if you know the next line of this poem, you’ll know its something we could have used on the last two long runs.

The water stops are all planned. Walt will be manning stop 1,2, and 3. Luckily for him they are all in the same spot. Liz will be giving us a bonus stop on the Saugus side of Breakheart. Thanks in advance Walt and Liz.

Many people in our group will be heading down to New Bedford to run a Half on Sunday. Good Luck to all of you, all your hard work will be rewarded. Others in our group will be running local road races to celebrate the coming of Spring or the wearing of the green, may the Luck of the Irish be with you. This leads me to my next question, who’ll be at Brueggers at 8AM besides me? Roll Call time!