What a perfect 10 mile loop. Jun and I started and the Red Rock trailhead on the BST and ran south, where we met up with Anns trail about a mile and a half in. Ran up Anns all the way until it met with Clarks trail, where we ran down that, met back up with the BST and ran back to the beginning. For the first two and a half miles my feet and calves were super tight and I just couldn't get any good speed going. Craig got a decent lead right from the get go. I picked up the pace after 2.5, but so did he, so I just couldn't gain on him. My stomach was really bugging me (that double double animal style was NOT the answer!), and so I just kept plodding along. Craig waited for me at mile 5, where Ann's meets Potato Hill, but today we kept going up Ann's until it met with Clarks. Again, I just had no speed in my legs. They didn't feel tired, I wasn't breathing hard, I just had no speed. That section of Anns was a lot longer than we thought (ended up being 2 miles) and it was all along the north side of the hill, so it was got pretty dang cold as well. He was waiting again for me at Clarks and we cruised down together for a couple of miles. I was able to run pretty well there, until my stomach hit again, which slowed me down, and then I turfed it. That jarred my knees up a little, but I just hopped up and "ran it off". At that point Craig opened up a good lead again and I didn't see him much in the last mile plus to the finish. For how I felt I can't believe I even came close to eeking out a 10 min AP, but I guess the downhill helps with that! It was really cold, but we were dressed for it and it was a beautiful evening run...OK it was late afternoon, but the sun was setting, so thats evening to me. 10 miles - 1:39:25 - 9:57 AP - 1600 Vert | 