went to eldorado canyon state park today to conclude my week. up until today i ran a total of 24 miles according to imapmyrun and, starting saturday, mytracks by google. i think i like the latter better. it's not causing my phone to crash midrun so far. we'll see.
was kinda of a crazy day. wanted to sleep in but got up at 8. decided against trying to go back to sleep cuz i never can anyway. got up and got my new balance minimus trail shoes on grabbed my bottles of water, my fanny pack (yea, i wear a fanny pack when i run. it's awesome), and a almond cranberry bar by glennys. its supposed to gluten free, all natural goodness sweetened with honey and apple juice. crazy right? so i'm trying to go gluten free so i bought a box to try ok? theyre pretty good but theyre frikkin tiny as hell! i'm a man in case you didnt notice. i have to eat all 5 to feel anything. so against my better judgment i was drawn to the mcdonalds drive thru where i battled with myself and got a mcskillet burrito. i was worried how my body would handle it after the week of eating "right". but no adverse reactions. so i know i can eat at least that.
so i get to the place and i'm all like, "where am i?" i put the same name in the gps but it brought me to the opposite side of the park. of course i'm like "sweet!" cuz thats where parking is for the walker ranch trail loop.
so i'm out and mytracks on. i'm running and see a few peeps coming the opposite direction and i'm like hey! and theyre like hey! so that was cool.
anyway, for the first mile and a half its all downhill. i know i'm in trouble cuz it's pretty steep. then it keeps going. long story short, the uphill parts of this trail are not meant for pussies. my app says it's almost a 12% incline at points. i thought i was gonna die. i didnt. i made it all 8.1 miles. i'm awesome. next time i wont be a bitch about the hills.
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