Trails!

AM: (7) Slow and Easy run to end of Von's Park.  The recovery is going really well.  Soreness is only a 1 (out of 10).  Sore butt/back/feet/quads.  Tired, but should be good in a few days.

PM: 4 miles to Logan High and back with the kids in the stroller.  Hot and I had just eaten.  Not pleasant.

PM: Met up with "unemployed Jon" and "always itching to run faster Joe" and we ran from Right Hand Fork up Maughan Hollow to the top.  We took a side route on some cow paths for a while towards Willow Canyon but eventually made it to the FS road at the top.  We ran on the road until the junction with the Mud Flats Road.  We then took the road all the way back to the car via Little Cottonwood Creek.  I liked that trail the best even though the cow count was pretty high.  Bottom line,  most of today's run was nice, but not worth repeating. 

T- 1:39:00 (9:22) 2000' vert

Deer Fence - 

I arrived at the Dry Canyon parking lot to see a huge moose with a nice rack staring at me.  I flashed him with my brights and he didn't move.  I eased into a parking spot as he slowly wandered up dry canyon.  I then took off on Deer Fence and bit him farewell.  The first 2 miles on the trail were still in the dark, so they were slow, but things improved as I warmed up.  I ran out to Millville Canyon and did just a touch up the canyon before heading back.  I felt pretty good on the way back so I pushed the pace and ran a 3:30 neg split with a net gain of a few hundred feet.

T- 1:27:30 (8:45) 1300' Vert

Landfill loop easy.  Bathrooms at the fairgrounds were open today.  Thanks Paul for calling your buddy in the Logan Offices to open them back up for me.

PM: Waterskiing and wakeboarding at Hyrum Lake.  Sore upper body now, but awesome!  I love watersports!

Trail run with Jon - 

Another great new trail run with Jon.  This was a fabulous trail that I will come back to run again.  The downside is that it is 3/4 the way up Logan Canyon so there is a long drive involved, but it is worth it.  Very pretty with perfect singletrack to the sinks.  Oh, it was Stump hollow to Peter's Sinks.  Barely out-ran the huge rain and thunderstorm that blew through.

T-1:37:30 (8:52) 2000' Vert

Trail Run - 

This marks the completion of the Bear 100 Course recon mission. This was the last section of trail that I had not run before and it was a great one to finish with.  Joe me with Jon and I and we were off running starting at Tony Grove at 7:30.  The first 4 miles are on the busiest 4 miles of trail in Cache county but today it wasn't bad.  I can understand why it is busy.  Its gorgeous.  In fact most of today's run was awesome.  When I say awesome I am referring to the views.  Not the state of my body during and after today's punishment. I had a rough time today and was super low on energy.  Its a bad sign when you know you are going 20+ miles and by mile 2 you look at the garmin to see how far you have gone.  Oh dear.  Jon and Joe were patient in my rough patches and I survived to tell the tale. 

The route was Tony Grove to White Pine lake then down Bunchgrass trail (one of my all time favorite sections) over to Franklin Basin via Mules Ear pass.  Things went downhill here as the trail turned steeply upward on Steam Mill Trail.  Once we FINALLY made it to the top we deviated off the course to visit the Lake.  Lake seen and admired, we went back to business on the Bear course working our way North to the Steam Mill Road a few miles away.  That road spits you out onto the Franklin Basin road (dirt) which we had to follow for 1.5 miles to the car we left there last night.  Phew.  It goes a lot faster typing than running.  Great section of trails though.  Steam Mill is pretty steep and rocky.  I wont be visiting it anytime soon (other than during pacing duties of course).

Overall, the run was awesome (I think I mentioned it already) even though my legs were shot.  I did manage a 6:33 mile to the car at the end while on Franklin Basin Road. 

T- 3:40 (10:22) or so since I stopped my watch accidently for about a half mile. 

3500' Vert climbing  4500' descending

Weekly summary: 70.5 Miles 9000' vert

Pics:

Running to White Pine (sorry for cutting off your head Joe)

The crew at white pine ( I look tired already)

It's a BEAR!   Or is it just Jon?

At the remains of a steam boiler (way off the beaten path)

Steam Mill Lake

Glorious Singletrack