I'm not sure I should be writing about this morning's trail run. To call it fast, or running, would be an exaggeration at best, an outright lie at worst. But, I did it, so I'll write about it. Since I didn't have to work today I figured I would get in a mid-week trail run, and decided to run one of my old favorites: the Pipeline Trail in City Creek Canyon. (I just found out today that it's called the Pipeline Trial - I always thought it was the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, but it turns out that runs below the mouth of the canyon). I used to run this one with my buddy Chris Pope, but I had completely forgotten how much elevation gain there is on this trail -- almost 1400 feet over the course of four miles. So, repeating last Saturday's performance, I found myself walking almost all of the uphill sections, and made up time on the downhill. I know my "up muscles" will come back with time, but it's frustrating to have to walk hills that I used to run. Here's the splits: - Mile 1: 8:40
- Mile 2: 13:15
- Mile 3: 9:46
- Mile 4: 7:40
- Total: 39:23
GPS output: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11029979
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