I think I've finally shaken the funk I was in. It seemed like, after the marathon training cycle and then trying to keep some training up for the moab run, I was just spent. On top of that, my foot hurt. All of this culminated in me not wanting to run anywhere. I decided after the moab half to just take it easy for a week and then see where I was. At the end of that week I was still not ready to go out. Last night I dreamed I was running on a trail, in a race, and that my time was awesome. Because I've never had a running dream before I took that as a sign it was time to get going again. I probably over did it. I decided I wanted to run on dirt, not the road. I headed up to the firebreak from my house and then down the firebreak to Farmington Canyon. At the canyon I turned up the road and followed it to the end of the pavement. I decided to go up the trial to sunset campground and then back down the road. The trail is pretty nice for not being used much. That is, until you get past the water falls. The upper 1/2 mile or so is snowy and overgrown. But the bottom 1.5 miles is a pretty nice run. they are apparently going to be opening that canyon back up pretty soon. they had a bunch of heavy equipment on the road and they had clearly been digging out and reinforcing the collapsed section. Sucks that I will soon have to share the canyon with cars again. the last 1.5 miles or so were rough. I wasn't ready for the climb + the distance after 2 weeks off. I wish I could say this was preparation for the Moab 55K but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to make that work. | 