Research, Technology, & Teamwork blog by Susie Wee

Just a quick light post. I ran my second race last weekend, though race is an awfully generous word to use. It was a 17km trail run at Huddart Park in Woodside as part of the Pacific Coast Trail Runs series. Since I was well trained by my bully friend, I knew to strike a pose for the photographer at the top of the hill. This means smiling no matter how miserable you are. So, I gathered my buddies into a smiling group pose and the photographer graciously smiled at us and took our picture. Much to our surprise, we ended up on a real trail running blog. It turns out that the "photographer" was Scott Dunlap, the real triathlete, ultra marathoner, and trail runner who writes the ultimate trail running blog. He came out to take pictures of the all the runners racing on the trail near his house. I guess good things happen when you smile!

(Actually, these were very genuine smiles since we just finished the big hairy climb uphill and we were about to embark on our 5 mile downhill to the finish line!)

Your task for the day: Smile!  :)