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RED ROCK CANYON!!!! I L*O*V*E this place!!!! :)

Mountain biking: A little over three hours of riding in perfect weather. It was AWESOME! Legs burning at the end. A perfect mixture of climbing, rock scrambling, red dirt, downhill, and twisty turnies! :)

Doesn't look like I can enter pictures using my ipod ... but we got some good ones!!!

Good times! :)

Late Night Loop, Landmine Loop, and Mustang Trail. :)

Another wonderful day in Red Rock. :)

A little over two hours mtn biking on the new Route 33 trail and Dead horse loop. I was a little nervous but it was AWESOME! Followed by 43 minutes of trail running, I think it was around 5 miles. Leg felt pretty dang good! I could feel a sensation that felt like some sort of tissue stretching but it did not hurt. :) I will continue to run every other day until I can consistently run 60 minutes with zero pain (that is if I continue to feel this good). Happy day!! :)

2 1/2 hours mtn' biking. Took the trail less traveled today (at least one that we had never been on). Lots of rock scrambling, which always makes me a bit nervous but draws me in simultaneously. Took a couple of spills but I am getting so much better at falling with grace. :) Ended up at the back side of Diamond Valley and then made our way back. I think we may have been on the Old Spanish Trail for some of it, but there were some trails that don't seem to be on the map. That is one of the great things about this area, there always seems to be a new trail that we haven't been on before.

My left high glute area took a beating during one of the falls. Pretty certain the crash left me with a nice black, green and blue tattoo. Sweet! ;)

Can hardly believe it is Wednesday night. Missing my kiddoes but loving my time with Ry. :)

3 hours of super strenuous mountain biking somewhere on a very rock infested mountain. Not my favorite by any stretch of the imagination. We were trying to find the Bonnie and Clyde trail but somehow ended up in the middle of no where. We followed a very rocky and hard to ride wash of some sort that we thought would eventually get us where we wanted to go. We kept saying that we were going to give it 10 more minutes thinking all our hard work would be rewarded. We knew the trail was going to be hard so we thought maybe we were on it, but we never saw the things we were supposed to see, and it was not fun (other than the times when Ry and I would start to laugh at how ridiculous we were for being out there)! We finally decided we should head back before we were stuck somewhere. Sigh. Oh well. Could have been worse. (Note to self: When you don't see another single mountain biker on a mountain biking trail during spring break you may just not be on a trail.)

When we were done biking our plan was to run 5-6 miles but we were so incredibly tired that we took a four mile loop instead.

Lots of yummy food and frozen yogurt to follow. :)

Did I mention that it was blasted hot out there today???? :) :) :)

Very relaxing day with a nice 2 hour evening ride. I know this is a running blog but WOW ... I really love mountain biking!! :)

So last night and all morning I couldn't stop thinking about yesterday's failed quest at riding the Bonnie and Clyde trail. It was eating me up. I am happy to report that we finally found it!!!! :) :) :) Unfortunately we didn't begin our ride until close to 5:00 this evening so had to turn around about an hour and 10 minutes into it for fear of getting stranded in the dark. The entire loop is said to take about 5 hours. We are seriously considering giving it a go as our last hoorah tomorrow but the "difficult" trail signs have me somewhat spooked. I did fine on it this evening but I assume it gets even more difficult. We'll have to see what tomorrow brings.

This week has gone by so fast but I am excited to see my kiddoes on Sunday. :)

6 hours and 16 minutes of mountain biking!!! (That includes the time spent on my butt wondering if I wanted to get off the ground after my numerous falls, the time spent changing my flat tire -- actually Ryan changed it for me, and, of course, a couple stops to admire the views.) What were we thinking??? :) :) :)

The Bonnie and Clyde loop had been teasing us since we got here. Today we went to see what she was all about. We started at 11:20 and it was already 75 degrees out. When we finished it was 85. There was no way that I could have done this loop last year. Although I fell numerous times I am super proud of myself. This loop included many other trails as well, such as: Lizards Pass, Deadhorse, Pipeline trail and Satan's Escalator (which lived up to its name). The overview at Wilson's Tank made it all worth it. So incredibly beautiful.

Glad we did this, but don't foresee me doing anything like it again in the near future. :)

No way I am going to run after that. Off to the hot tub!!! :)