Got together with Steve for a crazy holiday morning run. We drove up to Oakgrove campground and ran up the trail that goes up the face of Pine Valley Mt. So the run took us around 2:40 to do 7 miles... I've done marathons faster than that. I almost feel ripped off for only banking 7 skimpy miles out of one mutha of a workout. We started at 6,500 ft and climbed to 10k in around 3 miles. Then at the top we ran on the north side down in the trees for a little ways but there was about 2 feet of crusted snow covering the ground so that kind of sucked too. We finally decided to flip around and go back down. I almost slipped and feel several times and it would have led to some serious injuries. Lots of rocks and a very vertical trail. All in all it was a really good workout. The miles were not there but the time was and at elevation. The view from the top was spectacular to say the least. I decided after the run today that I'd better have some real trail shoes for Squaw.... the steep, loose trails are bad but the snow is even worse and rumor has it that we will have plenty of snow to run in on race day.... Why am I even doing this? | 