This 'run' lasted 7 hours and 15 minutes. We ran the runnable parts at somewhere around 8.5min/mile average. Here is how it went down. We ran out at 9min/mile on trails until we came upon some great waterfalls. We stopped to eat and take pictures for 30+ minutes which was a great time. There were apparently 13 waterfalls there (from the name on the map of "13 falls") but we saw 4 or 5 really good ones. Then we set out again and it was good for a while and then the trail crossed the stream and started climbing up an old creek/mountain runoff bed. It became less and less apparent that we were on the trail until we started seeing snow with footprints. We followed the footprints until it became extremely apparent that whoever made these footprints were also lost. Luckily we had a gps, map, and knew that the "trail" was supposed to follow a stream. So we ended up bushwacking for about 2 hours before we found the trail again. Then we started running again until we got to the turnoff for the summiting trial for owl's head (another 4000+fter) took that up and back down at which point we were both out of water, 7 miles from the trailhead, and had been out for 6 hours already. Thankfully, it was all slightly downhill from there and we probably never saw an 8min mile again (pretty fast for trails). We continued to pick up the pace till the last mile which was probably under 7min. Then we got water at the car and iced our legs in the creek and washed off which felt great. We both felt pretty strong when running, but mentally and physically brutalized by getting lost. This morning my legs feel great but my whole back aches from the bushwacking and climbing we did.
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