Ran to Naturalist Basin with Milar in the Uintas. He was feeling great which meant I acutally had to run. After about 3 miles my legs were "broken in" again and moving felt fluid. We talked trash sporadically between gasping at the thin air at 10,000ft. We enjoyed the quiet. After rough days for both of us over the weekend, it was nice to hit the silence and breathing and forward motion with a friend.
I was starving and spent the last 30min of the run verbalizing recipe types in my head as they came to me for new running food ideas. I apparently hadn't rebuilt my glycogen stores after the Triple Crown and ate like an animal after. Really. I think I downed at least 2,000 calories in 15min. Making great progress on my 6 pack goals really. Isn't inhaling more food than is usually consumed in a day in a breath part of the weight loss plan? No? C'mon. Really? High metabolism? I'm digging here. Kind of like the time I ate nothing but Nutella for 3 days. My children's diet was only enhanced by Cheerios for those 3 days. At least they were organic cheerios. Parent of the year, I know.
After the run my kids and I sat in the car in heavy hail for two hours before hiking in the hail to Ruth Lake to find their Daddy who was out trying to climb between clouds. We made jokes about the "little mean ice balls." The boys are going to be as tough as nails by the time they're teens, just like their Daddy who caught a fish with his bare hands that morning for our breakfast.
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