I needed some motivation. I have a tough time finding it on my own at times, so when I talked to my dad on Thursday about a Saturday run, I decided to join him. He's training for his first ultra. He originally got into Squaw Peak but was unable to train properly due to a small tear in his calf muscle, so he ended up withdrawing from it. He's back on track now though and is doing the Speedgoat 50K at the end of July. It's a tough one!
In preparation, he wanted a route with lots of elevation and some heat. I told him the best place right now for that is probably Grandeur. So I joined him and showed him the Fun Run loop. It was exactly what I needed to get back on track; a slower run and some hours on my feet. We started at about 7:00am, hoping to avoid too much traffic on the descent into Church Fork. We ended up dodging probably 60 hikers on the way down. Some have no idea what trail etiquette is either. I can't count how many times we stopped and got out of the way for hikers going up! Luckily we were going at a very casual pace, but I would've been really ticked if I was trying to bomb the descent.
All in all a great day. Weather was awesome and it felt great to renew some of the motivation.
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