Today was father's day, so after having a nice breakfast with my wife and kiddos (crepes...a fave!) i went to the local park for some trail running (almost 5 miles..W00T!!). It was a recovery run. Or at least it was supposed to be; I was sore from the last two nights' workouts, so naturally I sought out the steepest, toughest run ups (and may have taken a wrong turn or two...) Here are pictures of the trail (they're better than words).
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| narrow, steep and uphill. sums up the day. |
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| dance floor. Steep going up AND down. You just can't see it in this pic. |
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| running along the creekside |
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| Oops. heading back down from wrong-turnville |
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| But...I just ran UP this hill! |
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| the actual turn around (a mile-ish later) |
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| OK, this stretch went on forever. Up and forever. I kinda wanted to quit here |
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| Lacamas Creek |
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| How come the pictures don't show how steep this stuff really was. |
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| A rare flat and smooth section |
So each brief flat stretch was followed by either A. a long grinding uphill, or B. tight singletrack trail with STEEP run-ups. It was a good run, if muggy and warm; just a hair under 5 miles today.
I run a lot on the roads, just because it's the most convenient way to go. I feel the most connected, though, on the trails. It was a great way to spend part of my day.
