We had the wettest Fall on record. The trails were mud. I couldn’t wait for Winter for the ground to get hard. I went out before a recent snow thinking the conditions should be perfect. Instead, there was a thin film of slippery water on top of frozen ground. It was the worst trail run of my life. Hurt my hip sliding around. We got a foot of snow since then. Fortunately, it melted on bike paths so I switched to concrete. I can see the woods are totally flooded. The temperature rose and thawed out the surface but the water has no where to go since the lower ground is still frozen. What a mess. So, like a refrain from Game of Thrones I am just waiting for Winter to come. I will take frozen ground and a few White Walkers just to run the trails again. There is a new polar vortex supposedly coming this weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed.
In the meantime, I am just dreaming of dry trails.
