Today was a great day for running, but not a great day for me. I ate a bowl of cereal and drank a glass of orange juice less than an hour before my run, and I could feel it in my stomach as I headed out the door. (I ate Life, but I'll call this Grape Nuts Incident 2.0 for convenience. And coolness, because 2.0 is what all the cool people say. And I don't want people to think I'm not cool. Even if I am off topic.) Anyways, I wasn't worried as I headed up through Memory Grove and on through the neighborhoods above the capitol, but as I hit the Ensign Peak trail I could tell my stomach wasn't emptying. And it never did. As as result, I never found my stride. I ended up walking more than normal and running slower than normal when I did run. It was disappointing, but it's just one bad day at the end of a very good week, so I'm not worried. Even with my poor performance, it was a great day on the trails. After Ensign Peak, I climbed up to the next ridge, dropped down into City Creek and then took the BST back to Dry Creek before returning home. 
There were a ton of people using the trail today because of the beautiful weather. I was pleasantly surprised to see about 30 trail workers, too. Unfortunately, the pleasantness of the surprise didn't last long, because my ratio of trail use to trail work is about 100 to none and I felt like a major slacker. Despite my guilt, I appreciated that they were doing a great job. Trail volunteers of the world, I salute you! Also, today was my first good chance to run shirtless this year. I've been looking forward to it for a while, after so many years of cyclist tans. I figure if I start now, I should be ready for the next "100 Sexiest People" issue of People magazine. In fact, I'll probably get the cover.
Average pace - 8:35/mile Total vertical - 2640 ft
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