Dare to be great!

My quads are in rough shape from the race this past weekend.  Me and my wife did a recovery hike in the morning and it helped to loosen the legs up some.

Went with the family for family night for a hike through the foothills.  Trenton found a three point deer shed and we explored some caves and saw hundreds of deer.  It was fun getting them out and stretching the legs.

Morning hike/jog about around the mouth of the canyon.  Really rocky and full of cactus so I was forced to hike and let the legs recover.  I started to loosen up towards the end and I imagine I will run again in the next few days.  My quads feel better running up hill the down

Nice little trail run this morning up past the hot spring up the canyon behind them.  It was a scramble on the way up but I found a trail for the way down.  I wish it was lighter in the morning.  Sat at the top of the overlook and enjoyed the beauty of the valley below for a few minutes before heading back down.  Legs are starting to feel better and I was able to open up on a few sections.  Legs are feeling strong just some lingering soreness...

Parked at the mouth of Monroe Canyon and ran up to Monrovian Park then along the single track trail along the stream until I could go no further without getting really wet.  Dark run on the way up as my headlamp was losing battery power.  I know I need to work on my uphill running so this will become more common.  Legs are coming along nicely still some soreness on the downhill on the way back and I did not push the pace much still some miles in the low 7's on the way down.  

I am thinking about signing up for the Bryce 50 miler in June.  

It was a calm morning the stars were out and the deer and rabbits were running in front of my car as I made my way to the trail head this morning.  I started before dark on the old sawmill trail up Monroe Mountain.  My black lab, Laci, was running out ahead of me exploring the sights and smells.  About a half mile up the trail my breathing settled down and I was getting into a steady hill climbing pace watching my breath from the cold morning in my headlamp when I was struck with the most awfull odor...Skunk.  It was strong and could see my little girl running in front of me from the light of my headlamp.  She was still running strong but I saw her shake her head... the odor got worse.  I called her back and she kept shaking her head and pawed... I knew we were in trouble now.  It didn't take long to realize she had been sprayed by her first skunk.  I was almost half tempted to continue up the trail, but knew my hopes were useless so we cut it short and ran helterskelter back to my pathfinder at the trailhead.  I was too far from home to let her run home so I had to take one for the team and threw her in the backseat and drove like Mario Andretti back home with the windows down.  Found a concoction online on the way home and my good wife had it waiting for us upon our arrival.  Got her lathered up and spent the next hour washing the foulness off of her.  It was a long cold drive into work this monring with the windows down in my pathfinder.  Hopefully she learned her lesson to not mess with the little black and white devils...PU

Day 85: long day at the State Wrestling Tournament.  My youngest is now the state champ,  Woo hoo.  Great to see all his hard work pay off.  Ran around the block after we got home to keep the running streak alive.