Southside Clinton.. cont...

So this weekend I needed to run an easy 10 miles to see if I could get the pain in my left foot to subside (it didn't, oh well, a week off won't hurt me too much).   For the run, I decided to revisit the trails on the southside that I had run earlier this spring.  Put in 10 miles total, first I did this 6 miles loop/out and back: 



 Went out on the yellow marked trail that was about half way down the ridge, and switched over to the blue trail at the top of the ridge at about 2 miles out.  Good runnable trail, that was actually getting better the further I went.. until, alas, I decided to turn around and go back to the car.

After going back to the car I forgot to turn back on the GPS watch... so no data.  But it was another 4 miles out and back, this time going west instead of east.  

Overall it was good runnable trail, but a little rough on the legs.. this should be fixed by winter time when the plants stop growing.  Also, it offered a few quick up and downs and technical footing... good preparation for Flatrock, in theory.

Here's a summary of trail conditions:

Happenings

So... it's been a while since I've written in this thing, but I figured I'd post a quick update and then somehow get in the habbit of writing again... here's some highlights of the last few months:

• After the Kansas Marathon my quads were shot.. and I didn't run for almost two weeks.
• I started running more trails ... and immediately had poison ivy all over.
• I started a new job in early May.. it's a step up, and has left me more relaxed and I seem to have more time to run.
• On a whim I decided to run the Psycho Summer 50k only 3 weeks out from the race date.. and no runs over 15 miles between the Kansas Marathon and late June.  I was running about 10 miles everyday.. just no real long runs.  As you can guess, I had a pretty horrible day, especially my second lap.. but I finished.. and I guess I'll say that's what counts this time.
• After Psycho Summer it seems like I spent nearly every weekend for a month out of town for various reasons. 
• Last weekend I ran a really fun event, my friend Colleen's "Sweaty Ass" run.. good times, I got in 20 miles, running the first 10 with Brad Bishop..though I think I may have re-aggravated an old foot injury.
• I've finally started making trips back to the Lake Clinton South Shore trails... just running some new trails and getting good GPS data.

So that's where I am now.  Taking a running sabatical  this week to make sure my foot is cured.  Next stop:  probably the Flatrock 50k in late september.  I'll see how the foot feel at the end of the week before I make the call.