Better Than Yesterday

I pulled a muscle in my back on Saturday, and I was hoping it would feel good enough to go for a run today. Thankfully it did. Easy run on the canal. With about a quarter mile left I ran through some sprinklers, whoever's lawn that was is a blessed soul. 

I ran over to the start of mountain run about. It was nice and warm, maybe even a bit warmer than I would have prefered. It's going to take a few more weeks to get to warm weather. On the way back while crossing the river by the canyon I saw someone ice bathing, which I thought was interesting. The only people I had seen ice bath there were members of the LPXC team. It was Josh Ericksen! I hadn't seen him since August 2016, so that was fun. I couldn't hear him to well unfortunately, due to the river. Good run. Tomorrow I'm hiking big baldy, one of the only mountains that doesn't have snow on it. Should be a good time. 

Went up dry canyon towards big baldy, then I started to get some gnarly blisters. I wasn't really feeling up to a few more miles of uphill with them, so we turned around early unfortunately. Hopefully the blisters are not a result of my shoes. I think they are about broken in now. I'll use them a few more times, and if I continue to get blisters, I will start shopping for a new pair.  Once we got home I went to the baseball field close to my house and did some barefoot running. Nice and refreshing. Good times.