12.25 miles in 1:38:00 at Alta/Snowbird. Good run. Legs are hammered right now.
I did my normal run from the base of Alta Ski Area up to Albion Basin and around 6 times. Tacked a little extra on by running down the trail to Alf's and then up the road to Snowbird and back. I really could have used a pair of trail shoes today. My Nike Lunarflys were definitely challenged on the rocky trails.
As a bonus, I saw five mooses including a calf. Two of the mooses were in the campground and were very tame. They didn't startle at all when I ran just a few feet from them. That's generally not a good idea when dealing with two bulls, but I was running downhill in pretty dense woods and didn't see them until I was pretty much on top of them. Also saw a few deer and about a thousand prairie dogs.
On the way home we (the whole family usually goes up to Alta on Wednesday) stopped at Lone Star Taqueria in Sandy which, according to Sunset Magazine, has the best fish tacos in the West. I believe it. In fact, if I were to make a list of the top 10 things I like about Utah, fish tacos from Lone Star would be up there pretty high. | 