Long Trail Run - Today was another day I have been looking forward to. I love exploring new trails and being fit enough to cover so much terrain in one swoop. This is why I run... Today's expedition was another section of the Bear 100 course. This time it was almost 80% (total guess) of new trail for me. We started right where we left off last week at Right Hand Fork. The first section was up Willow (not new) over to Temple Fork (new) down Temple Fork (not new). This spit us out to where we met up with Jon's car that we stashed and the start of the Out and back up Blind hollow to Tony Grove (all new). I was feeling great after this first section but it was a good thing because the fun was just starting. Time to climb 2400' in 5.25 miles then descend 500' to tony grove. It was made more challenging by the rough ground, rocky footing, 20 fallen tree crossings, moose blocking the path, etc. Very eventful section. I was quite grateful to finally made it to the lake only to be surprised to see that it still had ice on it. In mid June. Crazy. The snow on the hillside (that we found our way through) was quite substantial too. Too much for this time of year (IMO). By the time was finally made it back to the car I was pretty tired and glad to be done, but what a run! T-3:48:12 (10:33) 5200' climb Weekly summary: 82.5 Miles 9825' Climb (big week for climbing - PR)
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