For the third year in a row, I went on vacation while preparing for a race. Two years ago, I was in the middle of Boilermaker training, shredding a perfectly good pair of shoes on the hard cinder railbed of the Danvers Trail and enduring the energy-sapping humidity of early summer in Boston. Last year, I was hobbling down Virginia Dare Trail in Nags Head, trying to get ready for my first Burlington Marathon and paving the way for my Mountain Goat injury the following month.
So when Tessa suggested we get away from the brutal upstate winter for a few days in Rehoboth Beach, DE, I readily agreed, even though it meant finding running routes in an unfamiliar town, which is a challenge I am sure many of my running friends have had to deal with from time to time.
Bruce Pegg 