I found a new favorite route today -- I have run this before, but not often. It basically is a nice slow grinding uphill for ~3 miles and then nice easy downhill. I think I have described this before, but we live in the mountains, there are quite a few homes, but mostly they are spread out over about 2 acres each, and there are mountain stretches were there are no homes -- sort of like Emigration Canyon area. This road has homes, but most of them are at the end of the road -- in a canyon slot ... where they have spectacular views of the city and the mountains to the East and North (the Northeast side is home to Mt. Lemmon, a 9000ft peak that has skiing in the Winter - and not 110F days in the Summer). Anyway, the road up to the canyon is just filled with smaller hillsides full of saguaro cacti -- and it is SO beautiful in the morning - when the moutainsides look red from the sun. It is a perfect spot!
How can I not have a good day??!!
Happy running bloggers.
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