12 miles 1,100 vert 9:16 pace. First thing after returning to my roots in Upland, CA was to hit the 99cent store. They have TONS of fresh producs (cantelopes, bags of avocados, 10lb bags of potatoes, big things of fresh local romaine.... all for a buck!) so I loaded up on the produce for while I'm here. Then I changed into my running clothes and took off. I was nervouse about starting a run at 1:30pm in SoCal, but rain clouds blew in, and with the clouds and wind.... ah, 65 never felt so good. Funny thing, everyone I passed was in sweats+coats+hoods! lol. Ran up an old dirt path that's lined with trees that goes up the middle of a 4-8 lane road through the center of town. Then I cut across some suburbia, fought the temptation to pluck all of the apricots, lemons, and oranges I saw all over, and made onto a trail I found on google maps. Cucamonga trail.... more like Cucamonga wash! the trail went up an old wash and meandered around and was really rocky, technical, and exhausting. The wind kept going and I could hear the rain in the foothills above me so I headed back. I felt pretty trashed after and was mad at myself for not taking walking breaks. I did stop to snap a picture on the trail on Euclid (ye olde bridle path) because it is so sentimental for me, which I'll add when I'm home. | 