Join us for an sunset run of the Skyline Trail at Middlesex Fells, a classic local trail run. It's about 7.5 miles and 1500 ft of elevation gain. This will be a no-drop run: we will run at a pace that's comfortable for everybody on the trip.

We'll leave MIT at 5:30pm, start running around 6:00pm, and finish the run around 7:30pm. We can also get dinner afterwards if people are interested.

This run is part of an "Introduction to Trail Running" series. We're organizing a number of events over the spring and summer with the goal of introducing (road) runners to trail running, starting with local trail runs and working our way up to mountain runs in New Hampshire.

If you're interested in hearing about future trail runs and workouts that are a part of this Introduction to Trail Running series, please fill out this form. If you're interested in MITOC trail running events in general, join the mitoc-mountainrunning mailing list. If you're on Strava, join the MITOC Trail Runners group!

Prerequisites

In order to make sure everyone on the trip has a good experience, we're trying to be as precise as possible with prereqs. Don't let these prereqs be intimidating: if you satisfy the prereqs, then you're a great fit for this trip.

This is a moderate-to-difficult trail run, which is why we're asking that people have running experience, hiking experience, and some trail running experience. As a rough guideline, you should:

• Be comfortable running 7 miles on flat road at a 9:30 min/mi pace, and this pace should feel fairly easy (e.g., you should be able to hold a conversation); you should have done such a run in the past 2 months
• Have done a hike with at least 1,000 ft of elevation gain in the last 6 months
• Have done a 3 mile trail run in the last 6 months

If you don't satisfy the prereqs, you're welcome to sign up anyways, but please email the leaders describing your recent running experience and fitness routine, so we can make sure this is the right trip for you. (Note: we'll be running a variety of trips over the coming months, with varying distances.)