I run, therefore I am…919 kilometers farther than I was Dec 31 2007
It was a spiritual place for the native Americans. One story has 7 maidens fleeing from a great bear and the bears claw marks are on the tower. The maidens took refuge at the top and were taken up to heaven to become the Pleiades star cluster. Even today natives go there [...]
…but I felt not well as my back was still spasming. Nevertheless I managed to squeak out the first lap in 56 minutes and the second in 51 minutes for a total of 1 hour and 47 minutes. My back is ok now, not perfect, but on the mend. See, I told [...]
I’m supposed to run 2 loops of the Devon trail tomorrow so I can get my last real training run in before we head to Montana on Saturday on our way to South Dakota. But my right side muscles in my back all the way from the top of my shoulder to the middle [...]
So I did one loop through Clifford plus within Clifford I did 6 loops through Aspen Trail which is the only hilly area in Clifford but in hindsight is not a challenge at all. I saw absolutely no one during the run. As I was running along the boardwalk though, ducks would explode [...]
I checked out Way of the Cross hill again and nothing has been done except that workers had been there placing fluorescent stakes along the collapsed section. I still defied the closure signs and ran it again no problem. It was hot and the mosquitoes are now out in full force so I [...]
I ran the course for the first time yesterday and discovered that the Way of the Cross hill was closed due to a massive landslide that is dumping the hill into the ravine below. Only about 20 meters or so is closed off by signs and a plastic fence. I ran through it [...]
By my standards I did very well. Total run was 15 km for the Enduro class, which is the class I ran. The Sport class was half that, or 1 lap versus 2 laps for the Enduro. The weather was spectacular (sunny and warm with no mosquitoes), and the entire course was sheltered [...]
