I am pretty beat on this Sunday.
This morning I got up early to go and run FATS - Forks Area Trail System. It's a mountain biking trail right across the river in South Carolina. While I was driving up there I noticed how huge the hills were. It almost felt like I was driving through small mountains. The trailhead was at the top of these hills. There are like 6 trails, and I was going to start my FATS experience with Brown Wave, but when I saw the map I learned you have to go 2 miles to even get to the start of Brown Wave. I was kind of pressed for time because I was going to be doing some work with my husband today, so instead I opted to try the Skinny trail.
Skinny is 6 miles. Not many steep hills here, most of them are pretty gradual and when you start off it's alot of downhill. The trail had some mud puddles and several areas where they had put in stone blocks or wooden boards to help you cross the mud. I saw a group of mountain bikers within the first mile or so, but after that I was all alone. This was a beautiful run. Nice sunny 50 degree morning with a cool breeze. I ran through alot of pine forest which is typical for South Carolina. I also saw alot of damage from the ice storm we had last month. Poor pine trees. The trail is well kept so there wasn't any debris blocking my path. Around 4.5 miles or so it started to be more uphill, and there was a cool part where I was high up on a steep hillside, and had a really pretty view of the forest to my left while I was about 30 feet above it all. My watch wasn't working right and I had no idea what my pace was. Kind of wish I had known so I could have pushed myself a little harder. I thought I was going faster than I really was. Oh well. This is all about trying to get my trail legs back, I guess the speed will come with time.
Saw a couple runners as I was doing my cool down walk. But no one else was around during my run. It was really nice and peaceful, I didn't have my music with me so it was a good time to just unwind and be with nature.
I got this.
It's a peep donut. Don't worry - I didn't eat it. I got it for my husband who loves peeps. I got myself one marble frosted donut.
We spent this afternoon working on our yard. It was the start of a large project - replace our 2 year old pinestraw with white marble stones! I am liking it. Every now and then it feels good to do some good old fashioned hard work, plus you get to lift big heavy bags of stones!
Is it weird that I love the smell of fresh dirt? It reminds me of mud runs!
It will take a long time to do all the areas in our yard, but we shall get it done eventually.
Now I'm pretty tired and am tempted to go to bed early!
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