"Most anyone else here thinks it's nuts to run on the trails "
Just keep them thinking that;-} Keep the trails for ourselves.
I know the treadmill is nuts, but unable to get to the trails during the work week, I have been inspired by your posts to improve my treadmill experience by coating my treadmill with vaseline to make it slippery and I hit myself in the head with a pine branch every few minutes. It just makes the 30 minutes fly by.