Heil No!

This week has been great and painful.

Teller Lake:
Monday was a 14-15mile run through farm land w/ the most amazing views of the front range. No cars, hardly any other people, a full sky of clouds covering up the sun and keeping the 70degF oh so nice and cool. The run itself was as painful as a 14mile run should be I suppose though the pain did stir up some doubts as to my ability to really run a marathon. But I did it, and it was good.

Heil Ranch:
Then tonight was an attempt at flushing out the legs w/ some mountain biking so I thought I'd head over to a trail I just ran the week before last and give it try. First, the run is commented on earlier in my "Trashed by the Trail" blog and a quick recap is that, IT HURT. But that was running the damn thing; surely riding it will be easier. NO. WRONG. It was technically very difficult (for me) and while I was able to ride everything, it sure did seem harder than it should have. The trail was 80% narrow single track w/ extensive amounts of large loose rocks covering the entire path. So while the hills weren't steep, the loose rock made it so hard, slipping and balancing while crawling over, through and around the rocks. But it was gratifying and beautiful. The weather was just like last night's only a couple degrees cooler. The clouds completely covered the sky and left the sun highlighting the mountains all around and the valley below. INCREDIBLE.