Rock and Run

We were going to do the Hurricane Canal run but discovered that the first tunnel was blocked off by a rock slide so we ended up climbing the cliff up to the Hurricane Rim Trailhead, ran to the H from there, then back down along the highway.

Nothing quite like waking up at 6:15 to whatever happens to be on 95.9 at the moment!  Today they were kind enough to be playing some Def Leppard when I woke up, so I got pumped pretty quick.  I was pressed for time since we got started a little late, so we just did a short loop and then did a timed mile run.  I was not too impressed with my time (6:32) being almost a minute slower than my senior year average, but at least I know where I'm at and will be even more driven to improve.

Had to do a short one again today (last time I'll have to this summer though!).  Did a loop out part of the Fair Run then cut across to 700 and came back down to State.

Ran with the Hurricane XC team today (for those who are wondering they run every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM at the Hurricane track) since Coach Kidd invited us to after our run Tuesday.  We went with the more advanced group who did the Extended Fair Run route.  It felt really good and we averaged a 7:30 mile.  The extra mile is the slow 1/2 mile we did on the track before and after the run.

Went out and back to the 2 mile marker on the Rim Trail with 1/2 mile warmup and cooldown on the track.  Pine Valley Mountain looked absolutely gorgeous as the sun hit it just right when we were coming up to the overlook.