I was able to meet up with my only local running buddy, Zabrina, and explore a new trail at Iron Mountain on Lake DeGray. I needed to run 5 miles for my marathon training and she just loves to run trails, so ta-da. Zabrina is a for real mountain biker that races all over the country and tries to peer pressure me into riding more often. She is way intimidating and it will be years before I ride my bike in front of her. I am sure she would have a great laugh.
Anyway, we started on a loop I knew and it goes down and the new trail loop starts. Compared to the other loops, it has better climbs and less rocks. I like that for my running, but it will be a while before I tackle this on my bike in front of others:
There is a creek at the very bottom of this ravine, but don’t worry, this hill is not part of the trail.
Here we are at the turn around spot. I look pretty goofy, but isn’t Zabrina just naturally pretty.
And of course, it wouldn’t be a trail run without me falling down.
I need to start wearing knee pads. Funny part is, I always fall down on the flat sections. Never going up or down, just cruising along nicely and BAM! Oh well, I suppose my knees will get tougher as time goes on…
What do you think?