I woke up at 4:30 this am and drove an hour and a half to pull weeds in this field.  It was a service project for church, had a good time chatting with the guys I rode up with and back.
Then I attempted a 24 mile loop from my house, to bluestem, to mesa, to doudy draw, to marshall mesa, singetree, marshall rode and home. But I lost motivation after I got over to Coalton road in superior. The 90 degrees was starting to set itself in upon me and I decided to call Nan to come pick me up on Marshall road. Gorgeous run though, and I felt great, until the end when the sun had sucked all the water out of me. Ended up running about 16.5 miles ending in old town superior with 1000′ total vertical in about 2:15- 2:20. Some views from the route: 
Bluestem Trail 
Doudy Draw  Marshall mesa near coalton road
 Swimming at Scott Carpenter Park with the family after the run…the water was nice and cool…very refreshing.
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