I was at girls camp, so I woke up around 6:30 to run. It was really cold, but felt amazing. We were at Cinnamon Creek, so I continued up the road. Found a trail that led to Rosy's Mine, so I ran up to that. My legs were still super sore, so I thought today was gonna be a recovery run, but it wasn't. There was a ton of uphill and downhill. Crossing the rivers on these log bridges was cool. The min was 1.5 up, and there were 2 boyscouts up there. The trail kept going, so I followed it, but it was straight up the mountain! I kept following it, thinking it would level out, but it never did. I turned around becuase I didn't want to climb 2 mountains in 2 days. My average pace was over 14, and I took the downhills way slow. The trail was a bit uneven, but on the flattest part, I tripped on the tiniest rock, bruising my knees and palms. It was just in dirt, and no blood, so that was a plus. Got back after 4.8 miles at 13:40 average pace.
Took a quick break, and one of my leaders, Emily, was gonna run. We went down the road this time. It was fun chatting with her, and it felt good to do something flat to recover. We turned around at a fence, and walked up the hills. We did 2.87 miles (not including the walking) at about 10 minute average pace.
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