I write this post after a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, I had to work on Thanksgiving but the rest of the weekend I was off giving me time to spend with my family and time on the trails. Friday I had the opportunity to go to the 6-10 trail in the morning while it was still warm and before the rain hit. It never ceases to amaze me how hard the 6-10 trail really is until I haven't done it in awhile and I think my fitness is pretty good, once again those climbs brought me back to reality. The first 2 miles are brutal around 10% avg. gradient, then it lets up so I was able to recover and run a pretty good pace for a mile or so till it kicked up again with less than a mile to the Lemon House , as I get to the top at the Lemon House at about 4 miles I'm thinking I way over dressed, had to shed the hat and gloves and thought about one of my shirts but didn't want to have to carry it since I was already carrying my hat and gloves. I started my decent back down and was feeling pretty good so I wanted to get at least 10 miles in, I got back down to the flat (old railroad bed) and did a little over a 2.5 miles on the railroad bed to make it 10 miles.
Today I talked Brian K. into running with me at Canoe Creek, we did the 5 mile Dirty Kiln course and just enjoyed the outdoors. The air was crisp the sky's cleared and the woods was just an awesome place to be. The next couple weeks I'll be spending most of my time on the road the only day I'll be able to trail run is on Sunday's because of deer hunting season.
On the way out we saw what everyones going to be looking for the next couple weeks so I took a picture. Theres always something cool to see when you get outside and enjoy God's great creation! So go do it!
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