blue hills — Fitness Blog — Jennifer Konikowski

I did a trail run with TARC in the Blue Hills in Milton, MA on Saturday. We went for 7 miles up and down the hills, then a few of us did an extra two miles around the lake. I recently got a pair of Salomon Speedcross 3s to use during Ragnar New England and decided that I needed to break them in (and also start running some trails so I could get used to the hills that I don't encounter in Somerville). I found TARC, had a free Sunday, and decided to join. It was so much fun. If you live in the Boston metro area and are interested in trail running, I would absolutely suggest you join. They did a great job of making sure everyone stayed together (the faster folks would stop and wait up for everyone to catch up) and were just a great group overall. Plus the Blue Hills were great to run in. The hills were great - tough, but not impossible - and the trails were well marked. It was seriously the most fun I've had on a run in a while. And I'm also super sore today! Which is pretty rare coming off a run...