Nothing Says Christmas Quite Like...

...sneaking onto the local golf course and running 18 holes.

Yup. Christmas and trespassing just go hand in hand.

Some of the nicest places to run are golf course. It's all finely manicured, soft grass surfaces in a quiet, peaceful, and natural setting. Of course, the problem with running on a golf course is that, well, it's for golf.

And (shamelessly generalizing here) no one gets more snotty about the purity of their "sport" than golfers (again, just over-generalizing...it's not all golfers, just the rec golfers).

Grass is always a nicer surface to run on than asphalt. We used to do occasional workouts on the golf course by Xavier in the winter, and it was always nicer running on the grass than on the sidewalk. I've been looking for a good time (and the balls) to trespass since then.

So I figured Christmas would be the best time to try it out - no places are actually open and no one would be there. So I did it. Two loops of nine holes on the Little Miami golf course. 4 miles on the grass.

And it was everything I hoped it would be. So with that, I say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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