Had a really early errand to run before heading to my parents house on Saturday morning and I had to find time for a run. After picking out some granite for the shore house and before picking my brother up to go to the Mets game, I stopped at Garrett Mountain. This was the first time I would run "Manure Mountain" by myself and without my guide Matt. Yeah there is horse manure EVERYWHERE because the horses use the same trails here as the people. It makes the trail way more technical having to hop over that stuff every other step.
I tried to follow the normal loop but ended up making a few weird turns. The good news is that it's pretty small and I eventually found some familiar trails and finished on the brutal uphill pretty strongly. I've been trying to deal with hills better and shortening my stride this time helped quite a bit- not to mention that it was grass rather than rocks. I think my pacing was very good, speeding up on the second mile and running a 9:51 for 1.13 miles to finish off, mostly uphill.
Splits
8:44
8:20
8:50
1:01
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