Moving Forward

I was on my own this morning and I really did not want to run the roads, so I took my Yaktraks for their inaugural run on the trails. Holy Cow that was fun!!! The trail was a perfect single track ribbon of packed snow between sparkling powder. With the Yaktacks on there was absolutely no slipping so I could run the steeper uphills and down hills. I completely wore myself out! I was also completely alone until the turnaround point. I was streatching a bit when I lady come running in from the neighborhood that borders the trails. She kinda gave me a snubby look... I think she didn't like my sexy outfit LOL. I'm sooo joking... I had pulled a pair of my husbands bright blue gym shorts over my running tights, nothing like adding bright material to the widest part of you body. But they kept my legs a bit warmer. Anyway I let her pass and finished streaching. As I started running again, I could see that I was going to gain on her so I picked up my pace and ran past her. I tried to keep that pace for a while because it would have been horrible to have her pass me after I had passed her. But She didn't I could see her getting farther behind as we weaved in and out of the canyons. The Christmas tree that someone had decorated was still all decorated, with an added Thank-you note from someone... so cute :) There were more people as I got closer to the parking lot. Lots of people with their dogs, about got ran over buy the cutest lab puppy. Any way a slow 11:22 pace run but absolutely fun. I will have to go up there again before I go back to work!