A whole week without running! Wow. Been a long time since I've done that. My knee was still hurting last week, and I had some business travel coming up, so I thought I'd use that as some time to give it some rest and see if it helps. Plus I really didn't want to have to try and find somewhere to run in Dallas :). Today was a great day to break the famine. OK I did 3 miles last night with my wife, but that doesn't really count. Knee didn't really feel any better, so I figured if not running doesn't help, I might as well run! Met Jun bright and early and we drove down to Lindon and hit up the hills in 'the valley'. A little chilly to start, but just beautiful. Started on the BoSho and just enjoyed the subtle climbs and meandering trail. The grass was tall and the trees were green. I love the smell and feel of an early summer morning! Once we hit Battle Creek the trail started to pick up and we ran for a good part of the way, and then the steepness of the trail relegated us to hiking. I was glad Craig had so much vert on his legs so I could stay close. :) My knee had felt just fine up to this point, it just tweaks every now and then going uphill, and then I stepped off a log bridge and it tweaked hard, making the hiking up a little more difficult, and much slower than I would have liked - Craig was able to gain a little ground as I didn't put too much power on the leg. The views were spectacular. We wished we had a camera. We stopped at a spot near the top of the climbing and just took in the sights. I felt like we were in the middle of nowhere, then you run 20 more yards up the trail and you crest over the ridge and can see the whole valley! So cool to be so close to stuff like this. On the running sections, my knee felt fine, absolutely no pain...so weird. Even as we hit the top of the climb and headed down some pretty steep trails, I was able to run and keep right behind Craig with no issues. He was going strong too, at a great pace. I'm looking forward to Laramie to see how he does. Great morning run, looking forward to more, though I think I'll force myself to spend a few weeks on some flat stuff to see if I can get the knee to track better so I can get back to climbing! :) 9.66 miles - 1:39:15 - 10:20 pace - 2700 ft vert
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