Round Valley

Today's run was a brutal shove back into winter running after ten days in Florida.  It was 13º (feels like 6º whatever that means!?) and windy.  Yeah, it was cold!  Katherine and I went to check out Round Valley in Park City.  I have been hearing a lot about these trails and after seeing recent pictures of pristine groomed trails, we decided it was time to go!  

7:15am, and oh so very cold!  Here we go!

Freshies!

The trailhead.

The sun was very welcome and warmed us up considerably!

We didn't make it far before I decided to go back and get this little beauty out of Katherine's car.  Bank robber or trail runner?  

Here are some photos that Katherine took:

It's not a party run until Renee starts dancing!

 Tire swing!?  Yes, please!

 Are you ready for this?

Here is the map of trails.  We went on Hat Trick, Fastpitch and Land of Oz. Round Valley Winter Trails

Despite the cold, it was a wonderful run.  The company was stellar, trails were great and the air was clean.  Who can complain about that?

5.87 miles

1:20

13:37 average pace

Trail Run Tuesday: This is the best one yet!

This was definitely the best run yet this winter!  Katherine and I headed up to Millcreek Canyon and decided to go up the very first trailhead for the Pipeline trail, Rattlesnake Gulch.  It was just under a three-quarter mile hike up to the trail, and it was very cold to start.  But, once we got up to the Pipeline the sun was just coming up and it was warm and beautiful.  It was like an instant shot of happy!  My entire day was better because of this run!  I think I'll just let all the photos tell you the rest of the story...

Before we headed up.  Bundled up for the 19º weather!

Rattlesnake Gulch trailhead

Sassy!

Katherine was cursing my name at this point.  The climb seemed never ending...

To the Pipeline at last!  Here comes the sun!

There I go!  Photo by Katherine:

Above the inversion.  Too bad we had to come back down into that gross air!  I could have stayed up there all day!

You can only just see the tip of the Antelope Island mountains in the distance, center frame.

Photo by Katherine:

At the end of the trail.

Photo by Katherine:

Panoramic pollution.  Photo by Katherine:

Look!  DIRT!  I love dirt!

Makes me feel like it's not winter!  Photo by Katherine:

It didn't take long to warm up once we were in that wonderful sunshine!

This is fantastic!!! Photo by Katherine:

Dirt, glorious, dirt!

Photo by Katherine:

Here comes Katherine!

Must do this again SOON!

4.52 miles

1:01
13:30 average pace