I did a trail run that turned into an epic. *sigh*

It was supposed to be a 75 minute run. I ran up the trails behind my house to the cross country ski area trails. There was a new trail I wanted to try. Things were going along just fine. I went UP and then along the trail and DOWN a twisty, steep trail to a fire road that's one of the cross country trails during the winter. Unfortunately, it's a private horse ranch during the summer. There was a gate, with 3 locks and a barbed wire fence blocking the road. I could either turn back, run about a mile, and then go UP the trail, or I could bushwhack back up to the upper trail that I'd come along.

I'd already run almost an hour, so I didn't want to backtrack, and I thought that the trail was only over one hill. Well... up I went. It turned out that the trail was 4 hills away and the ground was mostly loose talus and not good for running shoes. Did I mention the stream crossing and the mosquitos??

I finally made it back to the trail where I had to run up some hills that I'd been hoping to avoid. I finally made it back home 1 hour and 45 minutes after I'd left. feh At least it didn't rain on me.