SRC Run Report, April 11, 2009

It's fitting that the first Saturday after the opening of the Major League Baseball season the SRC run was essentially rained out, or at least had a rain delay. There were so few people who showed up that I can describe just about the entire run in the narrative today.

I went down to Northwest Ave mainly out of a sense of responsibility to take attendance for the few dedicated and/or crazy folks who were willing to come out and run in a spring shower on a Saturday morning. Professor Sandy and Terminator Tony were there and started off on their run as BB Betsy and I pondered our options. Then along came Jon H and Quietman Tom. Jon was out because that's what you do on a rainy Saturday morning of course, and Quietman Tom was tapering for the Boston Marathon next week. Betsy and I, the independent thinkers that we are, gave in to peer pressure and decided to give the trail a try with Jon and Tom.

The rain was light and the puddles didn't seem too bad on the way to the Inn. We caught up with Prof Sandy and Terminator Tony at the Inn and once again considered our options. Sandy and Tony went on pursue a Manor run. My hamstring was having second thoughts about the run so I decided turn around. Then the independent thinkers, Tom, Jon, and Betsy decided to go back to Northwest Ave as well. We spotted Iron Arthur on our way back. By the way, the rain picked up and the puddles turned into ponds on the return trip. Jon gave up trying to jump over or run around the water hazards, and instead had a splashing good time. Betsy and Tom took a trek up Andorra, and Jon and I headed for our cars as the rain got heavier even still when we got back to Northwest Ave.

I'm on a baseball theme here, so once again humor me with this spin on "Casey at the Bat"

"Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright. The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light. Somewhere men are laughing and somewhere children shout, but there's no joy in Mudville, the Wissahickon Trail is rained out!"