Tom and I got to spend the weekend down at Fish Lake. We left Friday and came home Sunday morning. (I'm writing this on Monday). We are very grateful to our kids and to my mom for taking care of things here so we could go without a single worry on our minds. We spent our honeymoon at Fish Lake 24 years ago this same weekend! It was so fun and so beautiful down there! This is such a perfect time to be in places like that! The colors of the trees, the mountains and even the water were so vibrant!
Part of our anniversary plan was to run 16 miles on Saturday. We figured that since we were at 9000 feet elevation that we didn't need to go the whole 18 that was planned on the schedule. We took off one direction on the Lakeshore Trail and went out 3 miles. Unfortunately, even though I thought I was watching carefully, I did a nice face plant in mile 2. It was one of those falls where you feel like everything is in slow motion. I knew there was nothing I could do and thought it was really going to be ugly. But the MPAs (marathon protection angels) were on hand to make it as smooth as possible. I still feel stiff in my shoulders from catching myself but absolutely no other injuries came out of it!
After going out 3 miles we turned back to the start and headed the other way. The trail took us another mile and a half and then started going too far up the mountain. We decided to come back down and go out on the road and back for a few miles. We met up with the local cow heard and gave them a little run for their money. I think we must have threatened them or something so they all started running. But instead of running away from us they all just ran with us! Not really my idea of fun. The couple in the truck trying to get through the pack seemed to get a pretty good kick out of watching the whole thing! : ) Anyway, we were happy when the cows figured things out and ran down and away from us.
When we turned around and started heading back I got a bit of the mental "want to stop" feeling. We stopped while I drank some Gatorade and then we were off again and the feeling was gone. I enjoyed the rest of the run back to the cabin.
After showering we decided to walk the mile and a half trail back to the restraunt for lunch. On our way there I guess Tom was a bit jealous that I had done me a face plant so he decided to add one of his own. Luckily we were moving slowly at that time and he came out ok too.
Enjoyed lunch, the walk back to the cabin and a nice nap without guilt for ignoring the family all day.
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