Route was a stretch—18 high-speed Goats took up the challenge to get 6 for : Ghimghoul. Laurel. Rest of Laurel past the Botanical Garden back entrance. Morgan Creek parallel 15-501. Manning escalator up. Ridge. Home. 6 for all. Additional 1/2 mile and extra elevation picking up the 6 by leaders of the pack. 18 out. 2 HIMs took the pre-flight detour for 4. All back together.

COT: for Luigi labeling bottles for a first day of daycare (again); for Barbara and Neidermeyer’s family visiting and caregiving with grace, patience, and peace; for Woodwind off to do the thing on the mile track at Nationals. The things we proudly accomplish on our own are fleeting satisfaction and consolation compared to the durable community that comes from vulnerability and mutual care—there’s not a run that’s harder than asking for help. Share the prayer request, tell someone you’re struggling, don’t wait for someone to tell you they’re struggling when you know it. Stay away from your aloneness, and keep others away from theirs. Living is hard, and better done together. Aye