Not a bad night at Allegheny state park. A bit noisier than the Dunes; I think the host was actually talking to a few of the rowdier ones, but overall not bad and free never hurts. Slept in just a tad (7:15), and paid for it mercilessly with the heat/humidity combo. I broke camp and parked at the beach a few miles away. Foolish decided that I'd do at least some sort of speed, even with the weather to at least get something in for the day. It was quite sweaty (every run this week has been), but I rather quickly pulled the plug on anything faster than a trot. Absolutely miserable out there. Found out later on the weather app that the temp at the time was 78 and the dew point was 73. No wonder why even a 2 min pickup was unsustainable. Got a nice soaking in at the Quaker Lake beach with great scenery after the run at least.
Hit the ol' Jetta again and put a few miles down until a coffee stop in Olean. Nothing to write home about, although the downtown seemed nice. It's funny that they even have an interstate running through this part of the state. It's scantly populated and seemed marginally used at best. I guess people have to get to Erie, PA somehow.
Rolled into Ithaca early afternoon and after having a heck of a time finding diesel downtown and even more trouble finding parking at Cornell, I finally met up with Mike Henderson at his XC office. It was cool walking/driving around campus although at 92 and very humid, we didn't linger outside for very long. Burgers downtown with Greta (his wife) were solid too. It's a bit of a short stay as he's leaving pretty quickly for a running camp in New Hampshire tomorrow morning. No worries though, I've got a bit of a drive tomorrow to get to Worcester. I do have some strawberries to deliver after all.
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