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i got up early to go trail runing with some good friends. everyone showed up right on time, so we took off.
the air was crisp, the sky clear and bright, bright blue. beautiful hardly does the morning justice. we ran through the parking lot with mt. meeker looking down on us. when we reached the trail head, we headed up, single file - adam in the lead, me in the middle and donnie bringing up the rear.
our pace was pretty quick at the beginning, but we slowed often for patches of snow, jumbles of rock and the lick. we had to ford one or two streams.
less than a half mile into the woods, i could tell i wasn't going to be able to keep up with these guys. i had the sick feeling that comes just before a bonk, so i waved donnie through and slowed to a pace i could maintain. i ran until i hit a section of snow covered trail and decided i wasn't sure enough of the trail to go on. with the way i was feeling this was a good place to turn around anyway.
the trip down was a little crazy. trying to keep my footing was a full time task. somewhere along the way i did something weird to my back and it started spasming. i slowed to a walk and tried to get things back under control. i ran a little more, but when it really started hurting, i slowed again.
back in the parking lot i ran slowly around the loop i'd done last night. i looped around until i hit two miles before quitting.
i'm hoping my back with forgive me and straighten up so i can run again later. i don't want to sit around all week, doing nothing but eating.
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