🍂 Join us first for a picturesque, foliage-forward morning run in the Middlesex Fells and then for post-run breakfast at Colette bakery!

🏃‍♀️We'll run about 4-5 mi in the Fells (~400 ft elevation gain, route something like this) at a pace that feels comfortable for everybody on the trip. This will be a no-drop run but we plan to run at about 12+ min/mi on the trails (you can expect this to feel like 9-10 min/mi on roads). We'll meet at this lot at the Fells ready-to-run at 7AM (aim to arrive by 6:50 AM, you may need a headlamp/bike lights to get to the Fells).

🥐 After the run, we'll run/bike/drive 2.5 mi to Colette Bakery and enjoy French pastries and coffee, courtesy of MITOC!

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 9-10 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.

If the trip shows as full, please add yourself to the waitlist, as we may be able to adjust the trip size!