I heard a strange beeping sound yesterday and I tried to figure out why my alarm clock had a “4†where the hour should be. Then I remembered. I was pre-registered to run the 11th Annual Minnesota Half Voyageur Trail Marathon. My wife muttered something like, “Run, Forrest, Run†as I got up to eat my pre-race oatmeal. I’ve run a few road marathons, but yesterday was my first trail marathon. As they say here in Minnesota, “That’s different.â€
 gave the crowd our instructions at the start: “People don’t really get lost. The ribbons go one way and people go the other.†That’s a little nerve-wracking. I also noticed there wasn’t a lot of fidgeting and warming up prior to the start. Runners pretty much motionless, anticipating they’d need every calorie later. At 6 am sharp, we launched out of the Lake Superior Zoo parking lot in Duluth.<br />
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