It was an extremely scenic run with enough varied terrain to whet just about any appetitite. It had it all - scenic fire roads, shady single tracks, descending switchbacks, thigh burning climbs...the works. Hold the pickles.
It was also very warm and sunny out (sorry East Coasters) - knew it right away when we met up with the group near 7am and the temps just continued to rise as the sun did. I ended up finishing my 22 oz bottle of Cytomax at about mile 12 and it became a real struggle from there on out. Along with battling the heat, tired legs and dehydration, the park was filled with hikers, runners and mountain bikers today to take advantage of this great day. The last couple of miles were also very hilly which had me cursing under my breath for the duration.
Still, it was quite a welcomed change from the drabby run last week. I also ran almost the entirety of it with the lovely Miss Sara, which was nice too. After re-fueling and rubbing elbows with the rest of the group at the finish, Sara and I got cleaned up and had a proper meal at Du-Par's (a famous pancake place here in LA) and enjoyed the great sunny afternoon outdoors. Malibu Creek 50K in one week (gulp)!
10 comments:
Awesome run, great pics!
You're going to do great at the 50k! Maybe someday I'll get there...right now 26.2 miles seems far enough =).
Awesome scenery and company always makes the running easier! We had great weather this weekend as well here in SD. A little warm for running, but who can complain with what the East Coast is getting right now.
I am so jealous of your trail group and the great places you get to run.
One week!
*sigh* you Cali peeps don't even know how lucky you are. I hate you LOL JK!
Awesome runs, great pics, and you would say what you did about my target post. always so non controversial. :) jk see you this weekend!!!!
awesome job!!! another amazing trail run :)
eeee ultra marathon here you come!! this is the first one right? exciting!
Sure was toasty out there this weekend, let's hope for cooler temps next weekend!
If not you'd better pack the SPF!
Great pics! I can't believe you do Pfitz on hilly trails to boot...you guys are hardcore!!!
Great, great pictures...makes me miss LA. :-/
awesome pics! can't wait to hear about the 50K! Ultramarathon man here you come! hehe hopefully, it cools down a bit I was surprised to hear it was so warm down in SoCal all weekend!
great trail pics as always. glad you had a good run to make up for last weekend's. post-run breakfast/brunch is my favorite!! and i'm not too jealous of your weather cause a little snow is nice but now that's mostly melted the 60+ degrees can come back.
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