Better to Laugh

I am training for a trail marathon on December 5.  I haven’t gotten serious about training until recently, mostly due to a hamstring strain.  I finally got a long trail run/walk in last weekend at Brown County State Park.  I was running alone, because Terry is way faster than I am.  I got lost, because I couldn’t see the trail at times through the leaves.  I finally climbed out of a ravine through thorny bushes saying to myself, “I don’t think I am on the trail anymore.”  Duh…what was my first clue, the fallen logs I had to climb over or the thorny underbrush catching on my pant legs and scratching my arms?  People with ADD probably shouldn’t run on barely visible trails – one distraction (look, a squirrel!), and you are done.  Anyway, I came out of the ravine at someone’s campsite; imagine his surprise, as he is relaxing in his camp chair, at seeing a middle-aged, gray-haired woman climbing out of the woods where there is no trail.  I told him that somehow I got off of Trail 9, and he pointed me in the direction of the trailhead.  I eventually got back on the path, Terry and I passed each other, and I almost lost the trail again.  I love a challenge!  It was so much fun, I am going to do it again!