Pine Run Report

Herb Wills, October 5, 2019

On their way to staffing the third water table, Jay Silvanima and
Nancy Stedman chased some feral hogs off the Pine Run course,
guaranteeing a pork-free race. So you won’t see any mention of pigs in
this account of the race.

Chris Jones and Katie Sherron take top billing at the return of the Pine Run

There’s also not a single squeal or curly tail in these photos:

2019 Pine Run 20K, 5 October 2019

Smooth trails!

Herb Wills, hwills@gmail.com
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/

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