And So It Begins Anew

Welcome to the 11th year of TRY! Or as it can more easily be thought of...our 10th Anniversary year. Much has changed over the years and with the leader mailing it in the last couple years there is no regular contributor that remains from the first attempts at TRY in 2007. Some remaining people have been there from nearly the beginning and while some people have shown up one time and others have shown up one hundred times, there remains something at TRYs core that is a friendly running group.

This spring some of you have already done a half marathon while others are just shaking the winter ice off their legs. Some of you have marathons in your sights while others might not even race a 5K. I feel the groups experience and goals have never been more expansive or diverse. With that in mind, I don't really have any idea what to write about this season that would be applicable to even half of you, so feel free to let me know ideas.

For the weekly TRY meet-up, it'll be the "system" that has been in place for the past few years. Meet at 5:30 or a bit before, figure out who wants to run what, start the run at 5:35ish in like minded groups and then regroup afterwards. Do a cool down walk and then either say goodbye or follow the thirst group to a local establishment for drink and food. 

Aaron did a nice write-up of a trail run him, Katie and Bart all did over the weekend that your inner kid would have loved and your laundry servant would have loathed. Be sure to catch that and some of the photos on Facebook if you haven not already.

One idea I have for the 10th anniversary is to reach out to and "interview" 10 past participants of TRY. We have ex-TRYers spread throughout the country and the county so I thought it would be interesting to catch up to some of them and find out what they are up to, if they still run, and where they have found to run in their new areas. I'll probably call it "10 For 10" and spread that throughout the rest of the running season. Beyond that? I'm not sure if there is anything left to say. I do encourage people who do unique races to share their experiences with us.

I think that's it for the TRY season? It is a running group that basically runs itself at this point.

An extra item for anyone wondering what a winter hibernation is like. It's basically the scene from Anchorman except that it is cold enough that the milk doesn't curdle. So I've got that going for me, which is nice.

The Syracuse Chiefs start this week but the forecast for Thursday is poor enough that I'm not sure it is worth even attempting to organize anything? But if anyone is looking for a baseball outing, you can let me know.