{"id":1560,"date":"2016-04-09T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2016-04-12T08:32:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T14:32:06","slug":"post-half-marathon-extra-credit-angels-landing-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=1560","title":{"rendered":"post-Half Marathon Extra Credit &#8211; Angels Landing in the Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What does one do after running a <a href=\"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=1554\" target=\"_blank\">strenuous half-marathon<\/a>? You go run some extra credit miles with a couple thousand feet of vert, of course!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After dropping distance from the Zion 55k and winning (not really) the Zion Half Marathon this morning, I found myself with a free afternoon. I was only a few minutes from Zion National Park, still had a valid annual pass, and felt like I had a couple more miles in me. So, for extra credit post-half marathon miles, I ran up and down Angels Landing. It was fantastic.<\/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\/540687342\/embed\/faffb0f967d0d587788940e0464406939ea7d7aa\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">About 1\/2 way up the cement trail, a rain storm hit and the desert walls and cliffs above quickly erupted into countless waterfalls. Every nook, cranny, trough, and rut in the stone walls revealed the waterfalls that had carved them there for centuries. It was magnificent. Granted, the misty clouds didn&#8217;t make for the best views up top, but it was a unique experience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1566\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-3.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1566\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1566 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-3-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Angels Landing in the Rain (3)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-3.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-3.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-3.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climbing up the trail to Angels Landing, looking back down at the Virgin River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These next 4 pictures are essentially of the same rock wall, though angled and cropped a bit different. Watch as the small trickle of waterfalls turn into torrents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-4.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1568\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1568\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-4-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Angels Landing in the Rain (4)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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Rain (6)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-6.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-6.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-6.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-6.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-6.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-8.jpg?ssl=1\" 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631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-9.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1573\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1573\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-9-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Angels Landing in the Rain (9)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-9.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-9.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-9.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-9.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-9.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1575\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-13.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1575\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1575 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-13-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Angels Landing in the Rain (13)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-13.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-13.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-13.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-13.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking north before ascending Walters Wiggles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1576\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-17.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1576\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1576 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-17-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Angels Landing in the Rain (17)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-17.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-17.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-17.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-17.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-17.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angels Landing shrouded in mist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1578\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-19.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1578\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1578 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-19-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Angels Landing in the Rain (19)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-19.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-19.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-19.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Angels-Landing-in-the-Rain-19.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I don&#8217;t know what all the fuss about this place is. The views were a bit underwhelming. All I could see was grey clouds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does one do after running a strenuous half-marathon? You go run some extra credit miles with a couple thousand feet of vert, of course! After dropping distance from the Zion 55k and winning (not really) the Zion Half Marathon this morning, I found myself with a free afternoon. I was only a few minutes from Zion National Park, still had a valid annual pass, and felt like I had a couple more miles in me. 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