Trail Running Granny

I got up this morning to go to my strength training class at 5:00.  I was sore when I woke up. Mon. we did upper body, and Tue. lower body, I hurt from head to toe.  We did upper body again, thought I was going to die.  We also did 3 miles on the treadmill.  This is brutal.

The plan was to meet Gary in Park City at 7:00a  and run the Mid-Mountain trail marathon route.  I knew it was a bad idea because my body felt crippled, but I couldn't resist.  I have wanted to try that route for several years, and Gary was game so I decided to give it a try. I new from the get go I was going to struggle, I plugged along, half running, half shuffling, thank goodness Gary is super patient with me. He loves the plant life and spent alot of time checking out the wildflowers and taking mental notes so he could check his books when he gets home.  I am glad he has this interest so he can do something while he is waiting for me.  Usually we know the routes and he can just run ahead, but this was new territory. There are SO many trails on those mountains, we got off on the wrong trail several times.  Hours later, we get to a sign that said14 miles to an access out of the canyon, I told Gary to go ahead and I would start down  and he could pick me up on the main road.  I headed down and got lost, I had to back track up about a mile and half up a super steep mountain and was about to die.  I finally made it down and called Gary and told him where I was and fell sleep in a shady spot off the road.  Dumb, I should have stretched, my legs froze up and I felt like a 90 year old woman.  Long story short, Gary made the whole 26 miles, I did about 17 in Park City and 3 in the gym, so I had a big day. I need to take it easy so I can do the RHPC Half without a walker!!