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Saturday was the half-marathon Tiadaghton Trail Challenge, what I had signed up for and drug La and Trys into also signing up for. Evan (the ten year old) signed himself up and allowed as how he would beat us all. (Ten year old boys really like to trash talk.) It was north of State College, on I-80. As we drove there, it became winter. There was ice glazing all the tree limbs and about an inch of sleet on the ground at the race course. The day y-dawned bright and clear, with brilliant sunshine and a gorgeous blue sky. It was also about 35 degrees with a fairly brisk wind going on.

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