Back With a Capital Vengence!

First post-Rut slog! Life handed me a gigantic ball of crap last week so my recovery was compromised to say the least. I attempted Superior from Cardiff Pass and got shut out by gigantic clouds (see below). I couldn't find the trail and was scrambling around at a level too difficult for comfort and I bloodied my ankle pretty badly so I bailed only 400 vertical feet from the top. I felt pretty good except my right ankle still feels sort of sprained and my right hamstring feels funky at the fibula attachment point. Other than that I can say The Rut didn't do too much damage!

When I finished my rike, my new Suunto said I went 5 miles, but when I upload it says I went 4.3. It also said I had a 6:26 mile when I know I spent at least 30+  minutes cowering on the ridge and was barely moving grrrrrrrr.

Lots of walking (at least 5 miles) and thinking about puppies!

AM: Early Legacy ride.

PM: 90 minutess Forrest yoga followed by bye, bye Allie sad face. See you in Eyjafjallajökull and hopefully Snæfellsjökull too!

60+ minutes of walking. I am starting to feel recovered from my rut and The Rut!

After work today, I crawled into my makeshift bed and almost called it a day. Then I looked at the forecast and realized how few days might be left before the high Wasatch is covered in snow so I motivated up to the White Pine Trailhead and all the way to the Pheifferhorn.

The clouds and rain made the views spectacular and the colors absolutely pop! I forgot how early the sun now sets so I descended from Red Pine Lake in the dark with only my iPhone flashlight. The aspen leaves scattered across the trail were seriously glowing in the dark as well as the moose eyes in the woods - yikes! 

I am pretty sure this is my favorite view in all of the Wasatch. Instagram is the easiest way to upload photos to frb btw.

90 minute restorative yoga class