I've been running the BST in Kaysville for the past few weeks now, and had never been past the 4 mile mark (for 8 miles total). This is also the first 4 miles of the Wasatch 100, and I wanted to see where it connected to the Great Western trail and heads up the ridge. I knew that the turn off was around 4.7 miles, so I decided I'd go to 5 to make it a 10 mile run. While theres some decent ups and downs in my usual previous runs on the BST, it seems that right around that 4 mile mark is where it really starts to pick up in elevation, so that last mile ended up being a little slower than the rest, but the views were beautiful, especially this time of year. As planned, I only went up about a quarter mile on the Great Western trail, stopping to take in the scenery before heading back down. I stopped for a minute at the Fernwood parking area to refill my bottle, then finished the rest of the way feeling really good - despite this being my longest trail run to date. |