Trails!

Providence Canyon Trail - 

Logan joined me for a jaunt up Prov Canyon.  Pace was conversational and fun.  Legs felt pretty good considering my race.  Think I am good to go.  Tired, but no soreness anymore.

I did enjoy seeing Logan covered in dirt.  He's a dirt magnet.

T-1:21 1700' vert 

Jardine Juniper 11 - 

Great post-work run.  Was on my own today, and ended up going really slow.  My left arch was sore.  Good old post-race niggles.  Did 2 loops at the top to get to 11 miles.

T-1:44:30 (9:30) 2500' vert

Happy 4th of July!

Got up at 4 to meet with Bryce at North Ogden Divide to head up to Ben Lomond Peak (9712').  Along the way, we stopped to talk with no less than 20 other runners all heading down.  Talk about an early start!  They all knew Bryce.  I felt horrible and luckily Bryce was kind and kept the pace easy.  My stomach was really unhappy on the downhill.  That made it rough.  We hit the peak and back in 2:50 taking a few shortcuts.  Bryce needed to bail but I decided since I was there, I should take advantage and check out the Skyline trail heading south from the divide.  It was a steep 2.5 miles to Eyrie Peak (8136').  Out of time and water and most importantly energy, I called it a day and shuffled back to the car.  I want to go back and run the Skyline Trail from Pineview to Mantua.  Someday...

T-4:02 5600' vert 

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Took the family camping up Franklin Basin area.  We ended up just below Logan River Aid on the Bear Course.  Did some exploring, brat cooking over the fire, smores, then ducked into the tent trailer just in time for a brief rain squall.  Woke up Saturday and I headed down the road to Franklin Basin Aid then ran the Bear course backwards to Tony Grove.  I was just about to hit white pine lake when I saw Mike out running to join me.  We half-heartedly planned on running as he was camping at White Pine.  If I had run 5 mins faster we would have missed each other.  As it was though, he joined me for 12 miles or so as we went over to Tony Grove and down white pine trail (before he headed back to camp).  My family was there at Tony Grove ready to go hiking and playing at the lake while I was out running.  They were kind enough to replenish some supplies before mike and I took off.  I ended up running short of water since the water jug tipped over and emptied on the drive to Tony Grove.  Other than being thirsty, a great (SLOW) run on very tired legs.  I really should rest one of these days...

T-4:05 (10:13) 4000' vert

** Weekly summary - 66 miles in 4 days.  13,800' vert.  Sure wore me out, but awesome!