Cheesey bottom crust

Dog Pound/Southern Parkway/Home. Had to drop the car at the shop so I started from there and ran out past Stucki Farms. Came back and turned east at Staheli Farms for a long block then south and back to the pound to check on the car. Got a drink there and then ran home. Further than I expected but a nice run around what remains of the Fields.

Perry Landing/Kiln/Grapevine. Hit 70+ miles for the first time in several months and the body feels pretty good about it.

CC trail.

City Wells. Uptempo run

Landfill.

Prospector to Cottonwood Wash trail head. Ugly run. Really tired and worn out so I didnt enjoy it as much as I usually do.

Silver Reef Trail/Oak Grove. Started at the dirt road heading up towards Oak Grove and about .5 in I saw a sign for a trail on the side of the road. Took that and headed west along the cliffs above Silver Reef for a few miles but then the trail kind of disapeared so I turned back and headed up toward Oak Grove to add more miles. Lots of climbing and rain but a nice run.

CC Trail. Rain and mud. Good times.

Highland loop

Landfill. Threw a few fast miles in at the end.

CC Trail/E along fence. 

Dino Cliffs/Bone Wash.

Landfill.

CC Trail/Prospector/Spanish Wash. Lots of fun on the way out and most of the way back until i smacked my head on a bolt coming under the freeway and got a nice gash on my noggin. Real pretty area up there.

Landfill

City Wells

CC Trail.

Landfill. First snake sighting of the year. A nice 3 foot rattler warming in the middle of the trail. I watched him for a minute then passed by. I turned around to look back and a car was coming down the trail so I ran back and made sure they didnt run him over. Watched him move off the trail for a few minutes on the way back. 

Wind was blowing all night and sadly didnt stop for the race. Jogged up to the start for a warm up and hoped for the best. Tried to not go out to hard as Ive done 0 speed work for months. Most of the race was a struggle to keep the pace down but there were patches of smooth sailing. Loved those patches, didnt care for the rest. The base is there now its time to work on the speed.

 5:51, 5:47, 5:49, 6:01, 5:55, 6:14, 6:06, 6:05, 6:12, 6:10, 6:08, 6:07, 5:56, 5:34 (.1)

Coral Canyon. Tightened up pretty bad from the race Saturday during this one. Was glad to get home.

Prospector/Spanish Wash. Drove up to the trail head then ran up to Spanish Wash and went up toward where I went last time. Took a little different route once up toward the top. Slipped and crashed pretty good when the sandstone I landed on broke off. Got a nice bruise on the hip and twisted my shoulder pretty good but recovered enough to finish with no issues. Ran back down the wash then headed toward Red Cliffs to add more miles before heading back.

Parkway/Greensprings.

Fields/southern Parkway-Sandhollow. First time out on the east end of the south parkway. Nice mile climb right as you get on the road. Felt surprisingly good considering only a week out from a race. Picked it up on the way back and hit 6 at 6:10 avg with each mile getting faster than the last.