Part 2 of our day after dropping off the pooches at the condo. I'm calling this session "Running" but there was lots of power hiking because of all the climbs.
'Bent and I ran over to The Grind and went up. There is a ton of poison ivy springing up beside this trail. 'Bent is under strict orders from his physio to limit his running so this part was mostly a hike even though many parts were runnable. As the afternoon went on, he stretched his boundaries a little.
From the top, we ran north for a bit along the edge of the escarpment.
Then we descended via ski hills and came back up on the beautiful and very popular Cascade Trail.
We did another random descent and came up on the Village Way Trail, then we ran down and 'Bent decided to call it a day rather than push his luck. I went out for two more hill climbs, both on "Straight Up", which is a fast way to get in some vertical.
I'm doing the Sulphur Springs 50K next Saturday so I'll get in a long run then. This weekend is just about climbing with poles and hoping it will feel natural when I do 6,000 m of it next month.