Loop 4

Richard and I were both in talkative moods so this run seemed to go fairly fast. The jog from the picnic area to the start of Blood Rock trail went fast and warmed us up. The walk up Blood Rock trail got me out of my jcaket. We had a nice jog down the CCC road until we made it to the Green trail. The Green trail was very steep but most of the leaves had been worn off by the Thanksgiving crowd so it wasn't very slippery. The leaves can sometimes make it dangerous. I enjoy the part that goes through the pines though. That is always pretty and seems like it would be the perfect place to camp.

We cut over to the Yellow trail and the calves began to burn as the hills came on us. The Yellow trail is a pretty rough trail the entire length. Luckily we were only hitting piece of it and then we were back at our vehicles. It was a nice trail run and we had fun talking. It was nice after the last ones were so awful.

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Loop 3

It was awful. I was sick and tired when I got there. My legs started giving out about half way through. I think Richard was tired also because it took us 95 minutes to complete the 5.6 miles. We walked a lot and talked a lot. Talking tends to slow us down also.

I made it back and almost died. Every joint in my body ached. I ached all over and felt like I had the flu. Maybe I did.

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Loop 2

We ran loop 2 today. When we got there both gates were locked on the way to Peavine Falls. Richard unlocked them with a magic touch. This put us 10 minutes late starting though. Walked uphill all the way to the Peavine Falls parking lot. It was interesting to actually be able to look out over the valley on the side of the road. Most of the time I am busy watching the road. When we started down the CCC road the wind was cutting us in two. It was unbelievably cold. I didn't have anything for my ears and they were hurting.

I started down the BUMP trail and tripped before Blood Rock. After Blood Rock I heard something behind me and looked over my shoulder as I was jogging. I must have stepped odd because a pain shot through the back of my left knee and I hopped on my right leg for the next couple of steps. It eased off and I was able to keep jogging and stay up with Richard. I almost fell flat on my face as I tripped over a root down toward the bottom of the trail. Behind my left knee was hurting like the dickens. Fortunately we made it back in 1 hour and 8 minutes. I was glad that was over with.

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Loop 1

It turned out hotter than expected. Long sleeve shirt and long pants was too much. We had a good warm-up run through Mr. Toad's trail. We then had a good walk up the mountain. I heard something in the woods but wasn't able to figure out what it was. Thought it might be some turkeys scratching or an armadillo. We started down the other side of the mountain and I found the base of an antler. Richard almost ate a spider and did the spider dance right there in the woods. If I had a video camera I would be richer now.

Behind my left knee started hurting real bad on the way down. It isn't well yet, apparently. We made the loop and came back through Toad's Wild Ride with my left knee killing me. Luckily I made it back to the Jeep before calling it quits and crawling in.

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