Incredible Beauty
This morning was absolutely beautiful. Simple as that. Truly breath taking. I had to force myself to keep running at parts and not stop to take another picture. I keep going back to how much I love these trails. This is why. Every time I go through things are a bit different. Colors change, flowers grow, the clouds are different…..it’s always something new. I LOVE IT!!!!!! Here are a few before I talk about the run.
I went to bed early last night so I could get up early this morning for my 18 miler. Two reasons I did this…..One, it was going to be super hot during the day and two, I didn’t want to start running at 9PM again. I am so glad I made that decision….look at those damn pictures. I started at 6AM and made it to the lake by about 6:45AM. The morning light on all of everything was absolutely stunning. Again, I could have stopped every 50 feet and taken a billion photos.
Another side bonus of getting out so early was there weren’t too many people out. I only saw two humans on my way out….10 miles in. On the way back was a different story. The mountain bikers were out and a lot of runners and hikers today. Everyone was curious and got out of each others way but it was still a lot of people.
I felt good just about the entire run. There was a period from about 15 to 15.5 where I started to struggle but that quickly passed. I’m not sure if I was high on all of the beauty or if I am just getting a more solid base. Either way, it was nice. I finished in just under 3 hours which was nice because that means I got home pretty early to start hanging with the family. We had a great day. I made everyone some brunch and we hung out in the backyard for a bit after things cooled down. Tomorrow is a day off…..I may take the bike out. We will see. Here is a bit more from today, enjoy!