Heady "Topper" Hosts The 2019 Heady "Trotter"

About 1400 Runners Gather at the Alchemist Brewery in Stowe today for the running of the Heady Trotter 4 mile run. !! What a great turnout it was.
There were runners of all ages participating.
I was there not to run but to support and Promote our Cabot Farmers
Prior to, during, and after the event.
When I left my house at about 6:00 AM it was 29° dark and dank with a  pretty heavy fog.
I was thinking to myself I hope it warms up quickly since I was not in the mood to be serving up "Cheesesicles"
I arrived about 6:50 AM and there was not much change from my house.

It was pretty quiet when I arrived so I unloaded all my stuff and then drove and parked off site

When I got back there a few more people around and there were several sites that had been set up a day earlier.

So I preceded to get mine set up minus the samples.

I thought my plates should match the trees since foliage had peaked.

Shortly there after people started to ramble in much earlier than I had anticipated,  like 8:00 . Still cold and a heavy mist in the air.

Looking and feeling pretty forlorn at that time, but everyone was in good spirits.
Excited about the event.

The starting line was barely visible at this point in time.

  

In light of all the people I decided it best to go ahead and load the goods.

And things were picking up in a hurry.

People steadily pouring in

I was really busy so I missed the launch of the runners
but the place was packed !!

There was about a 20 minute lull after that but not much of a lull.
Most runners had an entourage waiting for them to finish.

Once that happened it was absolutely nonstop.
There was a steady line at the table.
Typical crowd pictured here.

There were Many Many Cheese loving Happy fans after that all hung around until after the raffles and awards ceremonies.

They had a live band playing which I
Could not see but I could hear, but I did go down as things were winding down to get a video of them performing.
They were called "Raised By Hippies" a pretty talented group going at it in spite of the cold. By then the Foamy topped liquid had starting influencing the actions of the spectators I briefly got video bombed a little bit. :-)

If you just want to watch a video of the whole event, with some appropriate back ground music, here ya go.

At almost 2 o'clock sharp people saddled up and headed home including me.
I Had a great time and I'm glad I was there.
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Jim Ovr'n Out.