Dropped kids off at school and headed up to the canyon to the rv for some mountain time. Just about finished sewing a new skirt for the kayak. Last Spring I swamped twice trying to run the lower river, mostly because I couldn't roll the kayak without water getting in. Also the fact that it was a first date with an "expert" woman kayaker who was utterly destroyed by the river and lost one of my kayaks when it was torn away by the river.. Couple that up with my fumbling in a kayak and it was quite an adventure. She never did go out with me again. I ran Gueneva up Spring Hollow in the morning for an easy 8 miles. Late afternoon I headed back for the same trail. Best experience of the week. When I reached the trailhead there were two mountain bikers gearing up. One of them held his hand out for me to stop. He says, we are going for a Strava record up and down. If you don't mind, could you wait so we don't have to get around you passing on the way up? Sure. But in my heart I smiled. Anyone with a lick of time on steep singletrack knows that a trail runner will climb much faster than a biker, even fat and out of shape like me. I let them go for five minutes and ran right by them in a mile and a half. :-) | 