Another cold crossroads, AWESOME! (9.11mi + 1.25mi)

So last Thursday's Woodland to Crossroads run was the first run my friend (and fellow DFMC teammate) Fred had done since approximately January 3rd, if memory serves correctly anyway. My other good friend Seth also joined us, so we had a solid crew of 3. It was good so that Seth and Fred could meet, as we were all going to be running in the Hyannis Marathon as a relay team of 4 (along with my other good friend Mike Martineau). So we kept the pace modest so as not to push Fred's newly healed ITB too much, but we made solid ground. Of course, the temperature again was down in the high teens/low 20's... But what else is new... As a sort of trial run, we opted to deviate slightly from the normal course, such that we would pass by my apartment, where I stashed my backpack with some dry clothes in it, inside my car, so that I could just throw the backpack on, and we could keep going. This way, I only would need to run with the backpack over the last 2.5mi, instead of the whole way. While running with the backpack was definitely different, it seemed to alter my stride/posture quite a bit, it wasn't all that bad, and I was extremely happy to have the dry clothes as soon as I started cooling off when we got to Crossroads. Perhaps I will use this method again if the weather doesn't start to cooperate anytime soon...