Join us for a morning run around South Reservoir in the Middlesex Fells, a local picturesque trail run. It's about 4 miles and 400 ft of elevation gain with a route something like this. This will be a no-drop run: we will run at a pace that's comfortable for everybody on the trip, likely 12:00+ min/mi pace on trails.

We'll meet at the South Border Road Parking Lot at 6:45AM and take around 50 minutes for the run.

Transportation: We’ll try to facilitate transportation to/from the Fells – most likely, enough people will have cars to get everybody to/from the Fells. There is also Uber/Lyft, public transportation, and you could also bike and/or run. Please include your info on the Rideshare Sheet

Prerequisites

This trip is fine as an introductory trail run as we’re mostly using gravel roads, but you should be in good physical shape and have some hiking experience. As a rough guideline, you should:

• Be comfortable running 4+ miles on flat road at a 10:00 min/mi pace (e.g., have done such a run in the last 3 months)
• Have done a hike with at least 1,000 ft of elevation gain 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.

Prior trail running experience is not required.

Everyone is welcome to sign up, but as a Back-to-School initiative, we’ll be prioritizing MIT students for this trip, especially new MITOC members. If the trip fills up, please add yourself to the waitlist (especially if you're an MIT student).