After getting back from a short family vacation (during which -- despite my best intentions -- I was unable to get out even once :), it's time to get serious again. I had planned on running the first couple of miles with Richard, but he has been having trouble with his knee and didn't show up (he got his foot caught during a cave dive and wrenched his knee trying to get it loose). I wasn't sure how far I'd go this morning, but was happy to find that my legs had some spring in them and that there was no lingering aches or pains. I ran the Highland Loop and then headed up North Cottonwood to Canyon Road and from there, a little ways up American Fork Canyon (against a fairly stiff headwind). Then it was back down along the golf course and back along the creek trail. There were quite a few people out this morning, most notably a group of about a dozen women that were coming the other way on the golf course trail. It was a great morning for a run. Average pace was 8:36 with just over a thousand feet of elevation gain and loss. | 