I also did something rare today and decided to run with an iPod. Had a couple of songs stuck in my head that I wanted to listen to over and over again until it got beaten out of my head. Anyway, after finishing the climb, I turned left on dirt Mulholland, caught up to a couple of other members from my club and made our way down Sullivan Canyon back towards the finish. Sullivan Canyon was AWESOME. Because of the week's worth of rain, there were several parts of the road that was flooded and resembled streams more than actual trails. Feet got soaked and muddy, but so what - all a part of trail running! Check out this quick video of what parts of it were like:
Parts of Sullivan Canyon looked like this.
The drier parts were also nice.
Anyway, after a few miles on Sullivan, we veered up this super-steep goat trail that led up near the trailhead. I was relegated to a gasping hike at this point and after what seemed like an eternity, we spilled out back to Westridge, finished the run and grabbed post-race snacks with the other members.
All in all, a great day to get a run in and get a little dirty. Cheers.
7 comments:
Strong work! The flooding certainly adds some interest to the run!
Thats' plenty wet, but it will soon dry out and man will stuff grow in the spring!
Nice photos!
awesome. i'm dying to get out there with you guys. just a couple more weeks, I hope...
Great job on the first long run in a while! It's look awesome! Makes me excited for my trail half mary this weekend - race director sent out an email, "get ready for some mud!"
Hey Billy,
I want to use your picture of the creek flowing through Sullivan Canyon to show Ernie, has to make sure he'll hurry recovering from his injury and be back running with us.
Ann (trail runners)
You, my sir, are a true dirt-lovin trail runner. I would have looked at that stream and said F-No! and hightailed it outta there. I'm aspiring to your oneness with running, but I'm not quite there yet!
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