Happy Pioneer Day - Its a good day because I am back home again and also because I got to skip work to ride/run the stump hollow trail with Joe. Not much to complain about there. I had fun riding that trail on my bike for the first time ever. Its way more fun on the bike than running. The going uphill part was tough, especially trying to keep up with speedy Joe. Luckily he was being nice to me and I survived. We got to the sinks and decided to run together for a bit until my leg told me enough. We proceeded to jog up a hill or two and down the other side when all of a sudden both quads seized up on me. It was wild. I have never had that happen before. I would assume it was unrelated to my injury as it happened equally to both legs. It brought me to a stop for a good 2 mins to try and get them to relax. They kind of loosened up, but it was painfully tight every step. Even walking. I jogged and walked and moaned and whined. Nothing helped, and the whining just made Joe angry. At least we were exploring an ATV trail that neither of us had been on. Sweet views of valleys and even Bear Lake. All too soon, I opted to start back due to the "minor cripple issue". I was able to run the whole way back to the bike, but my legs were very unhappy with me. I hopped on the bike and rode back down the trail. Luckily, things were fine on the downhill and as long as I didn't try and use any power on the uphills I was fine. Maybe too many miles/hours in the car yesterday did me in. Maybe it was pushing too hard on the climb today, or both. At least the downhill was spectacular. That trail is custom made for a bike. No really, there are jumps everywhere. Loads of fun. T-Bike 50 min up 30 min down T-Run 46 min with a good 8 mins of that walking 2500' Vert combined - Great to be back in the mountains.
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