I went back to Laramie on Friday for a meeting and was really excited to get a chance to run on my favorite trails east of town. I had plans to run Friday night too, but the 60+ mph wind gusts caused me to change my mind. On Saturday morning, I met a friend and we did a shorter version of the Silent Trails course (Side note: if you ever find yourself in Laramie, WY on the second Saturday in October, do this race. It's one of my favorites. It's run in memory of 8 UW runners who were killed by a drunk driver in 2001). The trails are at an average elevation of 8500 ft so this was really tough coming from SLC. Climbs that I used to be able to run reduced me to a wheezing walk! But it was nice to catch up with friends and revisit the old stomping grounds.
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