Great run this morning with many friends (old and new). I hadn't seen Verdon for a long time so I ran and chatted with him for the first mile and a half or so. He was having a hard time talking and breathing so he kept encouraging me to catch up with the others (who by that time were no longer in sight). I caught up with Larry and Wayne after a few minutes and chatted with them briefly, before trying to catch the others. After a couple of minutes I caught sight of them on some of the longer stretches and started to slowly close the distance, but the closer they got to Vivian, the more the seemed to pick up the pace. Even though I never caught them until they stopped to head back down, I still got a great workout in nonetheless. I ran back down with Paul (as he relates in his blog entry) and Martin, who joined us about a third of the way down. It was fun seeing everybody and getting in a good workout besides. | 