AM - 12 Highland from bottom up w/ James. Then XC Canal Trail and Rollercoaster from the two churches in the fields. Had to add a couple at the end to hit the 12 and did my striders during the last mile. (Cumulus white 128.1) afternoon - 7.8 NEW TRAIL ALERT! James and I had spotted what we thought be a new trail, so I went and checked it out this afternoon - it is (although it is still under construction and "no trespassing"). It goes from the bottom of the Parkway through the gap to the river - I'll call this section the Indian Point Trail - after some Indian ruins I found when I hiking last year on the point way above the trail. Halfway down this access trail, there is another trail being made that goes up the quarry around the backside by the hill to the dump (I only went up a little bit of this because I didn't want to hit too many miles - I'll do it another time). At the river, the trail goes north and is bulldozed all the way up to Sunrise Valley bridge 3.8 miles from my house (eventually the trail is supposed to go all the way up to Zion). I've always wanted a trail here, but the tammies made it too thick to even hack one through - so this is a fun discovery. The new trail helped me not think of the toe nail I ripped off this morning moving stuff around in the garage and the pain it was causing (not to be too gruesome, but I tore my middle nail on my left foot right off to the place it comes out the skin. I pushed it back down and bandaged it up. The pain was there, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. Hopefully it will hold up on the downhill of the course tomorrow.). Also, it was hot today! (Cumulus blue 331.3)
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