I almost start feeling guilty on my runs lately because it is so gorgeous here in Boulder and I keep reading about how nasty the weather is in Utah lately. Is it really fair that I should still be enjoying gorgeous sunny weather and dry trails while all you utahns are running on treadmills or in nasty air? Probably not...but who said life was fair? Ok, I'll stop rubbing it in now...I do feel an ever so slight twinge of sympathy for you all though, for what it's worth. 8.5 Miles - 1550' vertical - 1:39 - just a really slow and easy cruise up to NCAR on the road, then up the Mallory cave trail until it ends, then back down the bear canyon road. Found myself lollygagging and sightseeing up at the top of the Mallory trail because it was so gorgeous. The trails winds up steep switchbacks in the forest past lots of really cooling climbing crags. I walked out on top of one at one point and was kind of in awe at the views of the city and the surrounding flatirons that engulfed me on all sides. | 