Met up at the wilderness trailhead up Birch. It was Ethan's last chance to run up to flat top, so we did it today. More people were gonna show, but only Storrs, Spencer, Ethan, and I showed up at 6am. My calves and thighs were still really sore from yesterday. We started up nice and easy with Storrs in the front. It was not completely a run, but I'm counting the whole thing. About half a mile out, my calves were burning, but I just kept going. For the second mile, my left foot went numb, which was weird. It hurt, but I couldn't say 'no' to my only chance to run flat top this year (for my first time ever as a matter of fact). My foot found feeling when we got further up and slowed down. As we went up, it slowly got steeper. By the third mile, we were averaging 20 minute miles. It was still way fun! The trail was really overgrown, but that didn't stop us, lol. The weeds and rocks did pull off my scabs from tripping last week, which didn't feel too good. When the trail ended, I was feeling physically really good, and could've gone a bit faster. The view was amazing! Because Ethan had to get home, soon, we didn't spend too much time at the top. It was 4.5 miles exactly, which was awesome. Came back down really slowly. I suck at going downhill, especially with gravel, so that was an adventure. Spencer and I usually got left in the dust, but Storrs and Ethan were nice enough to stop and wait. It was way fun running up there, and we did it in about 4 hours. At the bottom, we drank some weird juice stuff and said goodbye to Ethan.
The rest of the day, my body was super sore.
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