Started at Dry Canyon and ran the Bonneville/Deerfence Trail down to Blacksmith Fork Canyon and back. It's about a 14-mile out-and-back. I used to call this route "18 miles", but that was back in the day before Garmins and G-Maps. This was one of my two "long runs" before the Ogden Marathon in 2003. Now it's one of my taper runs. My, how technology and better information changes things. Hopefully I will do better this year in Ogden than I did in 2003 (2:43:46). Twenty minutes faster would be nice. The cows are out in the section between Millville Canyon and Blacksmith Fork. None of them got aggressive on me, but I did have to jump over their dung, plus the trail was badly trampled (rolled my ankle a couple times). I would consider becoming 100% vegetarian and dairy-free if it would get rid of all the cattle on my favorite running routes.... Legs are feeling good. It's been a couple years since I've done this full route, but the rolling hills seem a lot easier than before. I think all those Ogden races helped. Run took about 1:52:00 or so. Probably about 8:00/mile, a good pace for me considering the difficulty of the trail. Nice day. 66 miles for the week. The taper intensifies next week...
(Cascadia: 102 miles) | 