PC Adventure

It’s Thursday June 28. I don’t usually run with the PC guys because the runs are often too long to suit me, but based on Pussy Checker’s assurance’s that the trail was only 6 miles long, I decided to give it a try. From the stories that I’ve heard, the OTR women plan their runs for a good time, but the PC guys are mostly interested in proving their endurance. It was a perfect evening for a run, and 10 or so manly men showed up for the event.
I started out with the group and held my own for 4 or 5 miles, but then lost the pack as we negotiated a really dense area of shiggy. When I emerged from the poison ivy infested area, I had lost the pack and it was getting dark. With flashlight in hand, I pressed on, and Heartache, knowing that I was following, had helpfully marked a couple of checks so that I could catch up, but I was too far behind. So I had to solve all of the last half of the trail by myself. This trail was the hare’s first PC trail and he purposely made the checks hard so that he wouldn’t get caught. I did pretty well until I came to the check under the Beltway 8 and Highway 59 interchange. The check was under a bridge and there were numerous directions to check. Homeless folks were living under some of the bridges, so I steered clear of them. After checking every other possible direction, I sprinted across the bridge, dodging high speed traffic as I went, and sure enough, found trail again. From there, the trail continued along the bayou. I was hoping that I getting close to the end, when I found the water check, which meant that I had a long way to go. The rest of the trail was uneventful, and I finished after 2 hours and 31 minutes coming in to the sounds of DFL, DFL. Oh well, at least I finished, and after having run 10 miles of so, I really didn’t care whether I was DFL or not. I was just happy to be among my PC friends again.