Woke up and decided to skip work and hit the trail. Did the Desolation Lake loop in easily my slowest (solo) time ever. Felt absolutely miserable for the first two hours, then things slowly started getting better. At one point I even dropped in the middle of the trail and layed down for almost 10 minutes. I promised myself I wasn't going to quit though and that my reward would be a Costa Vida pork burrito. That thing motivated me during the whole run, which made it that much better when I ate it.
When I dropped down into the Millcreek side, ash from the fires was falling from the sky. It was really crazy to see. Made for a pretty memorable run. Was definitely worked at the end of the run, but I slowly feel like I'm getting some of my climbing legs back. | 