It was great running with jun and twinkies this morning. We ran a pretty steady pace up past a lake and on to summit mt. Baldy at Alta, then down the other side. Coming down the north slope there were a few fun snow fields to skate down.
My running time was about 1:40 for the 8 miles total up and back. The last half a mile to the top was a 23 min/mile pace, with some super steep scrambling before it leveled off near the peak. And coming down initially was really slow because of the steep grade there as well. Very amazing morning for a run. Too bad for us though that Nan scared off the moose running up there earlier (or it scared her off, or both perhaps)
It was nice to have great company on the run, and we're close in fitness level so we all ran pretty close together.
Jun and twinkies, thanks for the great run. I really look forward to running kings peak with you guys next month, that's going to be a fun trip.
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When I got back to camp at Tanners flat, the family was napping...and I was still itching to run, so I headed up the trail from the camp. Its a gorgeous single track along the river. It hooked up with the red pine trail, and I could not make myself stop and turn around...it was too sweet of a trail.
After 3 miles up the trail I was getting pretty close to red pine lake, but I didn't know how much farther it was and it was getting late, so I headed back down.
Totals for the day were 14 miles, 3:04, 13:10/mile avg - 4500 feet ascent. (thanks to sport tracks, that's a lot more accurate than the 5700 ft garmin training center said)
Didn't plan on running for 3 hours today, but I just couldn't resist given the circumstances. It has been a phenomenal extended weekend of trail running. And I'm really pleased with how good my body feels at this point. Now off to the foam roller to preemptively strike any potential issues from a bigger mileage weekend.
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