It was the coolest thing ever! The sun was just setting, so the whole lake was kind of a golden color, and my shadow was about a hundred feet long. There was no one else out there, and the whole lake was covered with a frosty layer of snow that kept you from slipping around (too much...). I stayed near the shore except for the areas where I felt it was safe to go farther away - where i could see that other people had been. I was on the lake for around three miles, then it started getting thin. I was really near shore, but as I was running, I saw a crack forming around me, and I saw some water coming up from it. At that point, i started running on the shore, then cut across some rich person's yard and found a road. It was actually a really good workout because you would slip back a little bit with every step, so it was like running on sand or something.

Yeah, that's probably it... although I was only like 10 feet from shore, so it should have been fairly shallow still. oh well...

so austin and i ran on the lake today. and it didnt break! it was very cool, just like jacob said...i highly recommend it.

Hey, anyday not running on the street is a good day. Here's a deal. In February. We have a plan to do a snowshoe run. Well, we should also try to fit in a beach run in March. Yeah, we have a beach to run. In the spring and winter, the water level at Flathead Lake is lower. The beach from Somers to Bigfork opens up and you can have an 8 mile run from Somers to the river and back on the sand. With the water and the seagulls right there. Sure it's a bit chilly, but I've done it in shorts or light leggings before. If you feel especially adventurous you could head out into the lake when you reach the river inlet. The beach heads out into the lake in a cresent shape and you can run along all the huge tree stumps left over from the early days of the lake. It's pretty cool. Kind of like running on Ice. Right now you could do the run, but it would be running on ice over the sand the whole way. Boy, there's so much good running yet to be had. I think Austin should change his running-site name to "still a runner" rather than "I ran once". maybe a combination of the two, "Once a runner" hmmmmmmmm. Bill

Janna, It was recently reprinted. Amazon.com should have copies. I'm not sure those two are ready for the book. Do you think they're ready? Bill

sad day. i just checked amazon and they still want close to $50 for a used copy. sadly that doesnt fit into my very small budget.

Yeah it did seem to do that. It's feeling much better now. Most of the time.