Masters Week - Trials of Miles

We finally got everyone in one place except for Lisa who was getting a massage - close enough!Our 8 Wall of Famers are seated at the table.

We finally got everyone in one place except for Lisa who was getting a massage - close enough!

Our 8 Wall of Famers are seated at the table.

Cranking off a tempo run, the masters work together on Craftsbury Common

Cranking off a tempo run, the masters work together on Craftsbury Common

Elaine in full flight during the fartlek portion of the workout

Elaine in full flight during the fartlek portion of the workout

Mike working to achieve the comfortably hard pace of the tempo run

Mike working to achieve the comfortably hard pace of the tempo run

Running strong, Michael bears down during the last minutes of the fartlek session

Running strong, Michael bears down during the last minutes of the fartlek session

Vicky came to Craftsbury with her husband Mike and she grooved on the hills, dirt roads, vegetarian meals and camaraderie of the week

Vicky came to Craftsbury with her husband Mike and she grooved on the hills, dirt roads, vegetarian meals and camaraderie of the week

Masters week finished on Saturday with a round of our favorite haunt: the Ridge Run 10 miler. Runners silently leave Cedar Lodge one by one and in small groups beginning at 5:45am. The miles whispered past, the sun came out and we cheered in the final runners  as they crested the Matterhorn and ran it in.

It was a week to remember with plenty of tough running, camaraderie and lots of story-telling by evergreen Jules Winkler.  See you next year Masters!