Seeking a better country...

Bonus miles!  I was running on ATV tracks behind green valley, and found a a bearclaw poppy trailhead.  The map indicated 2 miles to the next place, so I figured on an out and back.  The actual distance was 4, so my 8 miler became 12.  Luckily mtn bikers frequent the area, and there were abundant dropped water bottles for me to drink.

7 again, out and back from Green Valley.  I didn't want to get lost, but I tried.  The desert is formidable in its quietude.

After an eventful morning kept me from an a.m. run, the day's festivities finished by 8 pm.  I headed up Dixie Drive, and met a friend for 4-5 miles, then ran home alone.  It seems St. George has an incredible concentration of trails and paved paths.  

A few miles on the marathon course.  Okay, now I want to run St. George.  I started between Dammaron and Diamond valley, ran down the 18 to Snow Canyon, then took the paved path down the canyon to Snow Canyon Parkway, then home again on Dixie Downs.  The first half of the run was resplendent.  The rest was fine, but marred by car noises.  

All the downhill beat up my legs.  2:05 to complete the miles.