I have lost a good amount of weight this year and on the trails I have noticed myself feeling stronger, getting faster, and breaking PRs. Here’s a few recent ones. A few weeks ago I went out for a street run in the evening and accidentally got a 10k PR of 53:32. This accidental PR made me curious, so the next week I went back out and tried to go faster. I did, clocking a 51:01 10k PR. I am…
Family trip to Moab. We had a lot of fun and exploring Fisher Towers, the Kane Creek Area, and the Fiery Furnace in Arches. We found lots of petroglyphs (all well-known panels) and took a wrong turn in the Fiery Furnace and wandered around, lost but having a blast!
Every time I loop Battle Creek and Grove Creek Canyons I say, “why has it been so long?!” This time I took one of our plant and wildlife science professors with me. He studies aspen trees, among other things, and it was fascinating to see how he viewed the landscape and environment. His scientist eyes saw so much that I glanced right over. so much fun. I’m disappointed that I missed the autumn leaves, but it was still beautiful.