The chief legal officer for our firm's biggest client called me Sunday night to see if I could help him out with a special project this afternoon. I told him I'd be happy to. Then he explained the project--buy a bunch of drinks and carbs for him and his 6 friends, drive to the gate up Millcreek Canyon, then hike the goods to the Upper Big Water trailhead at the top of the road. He is running the Wasatch 100 this year and was doing a 50-mile training run, and they had just realized that the Millcreek gate would still be closed that day, which prevented having someone's spouse drive the supplies up. Being a dutiful lawyer, I agreed. By the time I was done shopping, my pack was bulging and probably weighed 40 pounds (I went a little overboard). I pushed the pace on the hike up (averaging 15-minute miles) and the temperature was hot, so it was a pretty good workout. When I got there, I ended up waiting about 30 minutes for the first person in the group to arrive. After everyone made it and had had a chance to rest and eat what they could, I loaded up the trash and the excess carbs (lots of those) and ran back to the car. I wish every work day could include 3 hours in Millcreek Canyon.
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