Yet another sign it's been a rough winter

The annual Crab Festival kicked off today and will continue through Monday. Crab Fest is like Christmas around here and the entire town looks forward to it all year. I like Crab Fest because there are several races schedule, namely a 42 mile bike race and a15K mountain run. So, imagine my disappointment when I receive this email a few days ago.

Subject: Pillar Mountain covered with snow. What to do about the race.

Body: This year, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Crab Festival, for the first time ever, the Pillar Mountain Race course is covered with snow. Now I am looking for ideas of what to do. One person suggested letting runners race up the road, leave the road at the S turn and walk/run up the ridge through the snow to the top and back down. Another person advised against this saying that if someone got hurt, there would be no way to get a vehicle to them. This person also said that a runner not familiar with the mountain could take a wrong turn, especially if it is foggy, and get lost.


Holy crap...covered in snow for the FIRST TIME EVER! I told you it was a nasty winter!
Folks are throwing around ideas for alternate routes, so it sounds like we will be running in some form or another. But it's just not the same. Guess I'll have to have another elephant ear to console myself.
Making it happen,
Breezo