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Danby Down and Dirty Delight
(@adamengst Adam, I had trouble with the link to post a story using the template for this course. Trying to hack it now with a Reply to the instructions post)
Feet will get wet and muddy on this course as you run through the stream bed leading to the base of the climb to The Pinnacle. When isn’t it wet here in Spring?
Since I was already here after doing the Abbott Ascent course, it made sense to do the shorter course too. Shortly after turning onto the trail off Michigan Hollow Road, there is a large tree in the trail that requires a little scrambling to get through right now. It is definitely trillium season:
For any challengers looking to impress their peers with newt numbers, I recommend running this loop (or the Abbott Ascent) immediately after a light rainfall. The breakdown of today’s stats:
NewtCount = 117.00 newts NewtRate = 19.500 newts per mile* NewtFrequency = 92.368 newts per hour Improvement over my previous personal best NewtCount = 457.149 % Improvement over my previous personal best NewtRate = 689.310 %
My count is most likely low. I didn’t start counting until climbing out of the swamp about 2.567 miles into the run, and probably missed several while preoccupied watching for tripping hazards to avoid faceplanting in the dirt. Regardless, it was a huge improvement over last week’s personal best without the use of substances banned by WADA.
*NPM based on the official FLRC Challenge score of 6.000 miles for the Down & Dirty course. My watched clocked slightly higher at 6.230 miles.
That gave me good laugh, Pete! But so true!