START: Loft Mountain CG 4:40 am
FINISH: Hawksbill Gap 8:30 pm
39.2 miles 15:50 2.5mph
Warm thunderstorm
932 total miles 49.1 mpd
6.5 miles behind Jennifer
6.5 miles ahead of Stringbean
Joined by some more folks again trying to offer support/encouragement to our ‘damsel in some distress’.
Persistent/painful left shin splint is still slowing Mercury down on a trail she should be walking/running at a 3.0 mph pace.
She stopped early (8:30 am) to try to get more sleep and rest her injury.
We don’t have too may cards left in our hand.
The next two days will determine the nature of Mercury’s AT transit for the rest of the summer.
Mercury on the Run 