Ran 1700 vert gain (I thought this was a recovery run!) with Jim in yellow fork area. I whined and complained incessenantly for the first 3.5 miles. It all hurt and Jim was making me run. Then we hit the first patch of downhill and a view and I remember I liked running and I shut up.
We ended up pushing a little the last couple miles (8min miles) which for Jim is awesome! I was feeling alright and wanted to see him push, since with lung problems he hasn't been able to in a while, so I kept up. He gave me some confidence in myself for Bryce. Pretty sure he thinks I'm faster and better prepared than I am. Or at least he's good at lying. Either way, it's nice to know he really believes I'll do alright.
Funny thing- we leap frogged with a couple mountain bikers for a bit til we split to do a longer loop. They did the 6 mile loop... and we beat them back to the cars (by a bit). BOOM.
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