{"id":1016,"date":"2015-05-20T08:35:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T14:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2016-05-29T19:24:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T01:24:31","slug":"grovecreekbattlecreekcurlyspringdrycanyonbattlecreekgrovecreek-half-marathon-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=1016","title":{"rendered":"GroveCreekBattleCreekCurlySpringDryCanyonBattleCreekGroveCreek Half Marathon Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am running my first ultramarathon in a couple weeks &#8211; the Bryce 50k (~31 miles). I have *almost run that far once, and it was slow. I have done a number of runs in the 20-25 mile range, but none have been races. Aside from 2 Ragnar relays, the longest race I have done was a 5 mile Turkey Trot back when I still lived in Nebraska. In any case, I have not trained very well and figured I should put in some longer distance runs in the next couple weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tempted by continually amazing pictures, I headed back up Grove Creek to the green valleys below the western slope of Timp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/308568505\/embed\/2905ac4ff825450c14c5f057953b68124baddd11\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I put out a post for a\u00a0 group run and one guy, Matt C. came. Great guy &#8211; great conversation. We headed up Grove Creek to Indian Springs, where I filled my 2 water bottles. Tasty tasty water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I also accidentally stepped on this guy. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1010\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4233.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1010 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4233-768x1024.jpg?resize=631%2C841&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_4233\" width=\"631\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4233.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4233.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4233.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4233.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An innocent rubber boa I accidentally squished. I moved him off the trail to recuperate. Sorry buddy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then across to Chris Flats, beautiful as ever, and 1\/2way down Battle Creek. There, we hit the turnoff to Curly Springs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1013\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4249.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1013 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4249-768x1024.jpg?resize=631%2C841&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_4249\" width=\"631\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4249.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4249.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4249.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4249.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the trail to Curly Springs. So lush and green!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After climbing up out of Battle Creek canyon, I needed to pick up the pace and Matt and i parted ways &#8211; me pushing forward and Matt looking to drop a shortcut down to the BST.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1012\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4251.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1012 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4251-1024x311.jpg?resize=631%2C192&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_4251\" width=\"631\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4251.jpg?resize=1024%2C311&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4251.jpg?resize=300%2C91&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4251.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4251.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoping to beat the storms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I ran south to Dry Canyon, took that down to the BST, and followed the BST back to Grove Creek. 13.1 miles! It was fabulous.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1011\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4255.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1011 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4255-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_4255\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4255.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4255.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4255.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4255.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking back up into Dry Canyon. 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