My family was up camping in AF Canyon over the weekend, so I decided to go up Friday night and hang out. Got up Saturday morning and ran Timp. There had to be four or five hundred people on that trail... It was insane. Since this was the first time I've run the entire trail, once I got up into the basin I headed left instead of staying to the right. Realized my mistake once I got to the base of the mountain and noticed all the people were north of me. Ended up cutting across the snowfield and made my way over to the trail.
On the way up to the summit I ran into some billy goats. There were people standing 10 feet away from them and they didn't even care. I took a little video of it. Pretty cool. Once I hit the summit I stopped my watch and hung out for 10 or 15 minutes to take everything in.
I tried to keep a smooth pace on the descent, but my pace was constantly interrupted by hikers. It was a bit frustrating, as I'm sure it was for them having to move out of my way. Now I know to stay off that mountain on the weekends. Just way too many people.
Once I got down I ran up the road back to camp. Got there just in time for some pancakes, bacon and a coke... Awesome recovery meal! What a great way to cap off a pathetic week.
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