Slowly Getting Faster

nice little fathers day morning run from francis peak to thurston peak and back.  I wanted to get a look at that route before attempting to run from the farmington canyon junction gate all the way to thurston and back.  Now I know. That is going to be a good, hard run. 

I started this run on the new farmington creek trail that is supposed to run from the pond to the campground.  I don't advise anyone try to run on this trail for the time being, it is pretty rough.  In fact, I don't advise anyone hike on this trail if they are not prepared for some bushwhacking. After a mile of power hiking up the trail I cut back to the paved canyon road and ran back to my car.  From there, I decided to drive up the Farmington Flat to finish my run.  At the bottom of the canyon the temperature was 65, at the Flats it was 42.  Beautiful mountain air to start my day. I got in another 4.5 miles up there to make a total of 7.65. 

After two small claims trials and 8 hours in court today I didn't think I would have much in the tank for a run tonight. I thought about finding a trail but it was going to be dark soon and I didn't want to run in the dark. I also didn't want to run on the road. I opted instead for the treadmill, found a groove, and managed to get 7.1 miles in 63 minutes.

Farmington flat to over to the wasatch 100 trail that cuts up to bountiful, around the front and over bountiful peak and back.  Great run.