Valley High loop to fire roads -1:43
Had a great long run that capped my first 50 mile week in...I don't know how long. I started out with 20 minutes easy with Emily pushing Nica in the stroller, and then headed up a small 4-wheel drive road I heard was the back road out of Valley High. I didn't know where I was going and I ran a substantial amount of time on private land (sorry to the land-owner, I guess, but I'll be back) before coming out on a national forest road. I passed a waterfall at about mile 6, which was awesome. The run climbs from 3200' to about 4250' according to the Garmin. I dumped out on the Banks-Lowman road and finished with close to 4 miles on the roads. This is a 10 mile loop that will be a great run for me from now on.
As a side note, I used to name all my runs clever and witty things, and I thought about calling this one something cool, like Last of the Mohicans. But I opted for "Fire Roads." Descriptive and accurate. |