Cross-Training! I've decided to cut one of my runs each week and exchange it for some mountain biking. I think my mileage is a bit too high on the schedule I've been doing (it has me doing 45 this week) and my leg needs some time off each week to recover. Plus, I really like biking I hit my favorite trail up Millcreek in between thunder storms. For the first time, I was able to do the Desolation Lake Loop. This was my first time up there this year. The spring/summer run-off has really done a number on a few sections of the trail. The bit up to Dog Lake was especially bad. I've tried to do the Desolation Loop before, but I've never been able to make it to the turn-off before it got too late. This time, I was not stopping nearly as often nor for as long. I only needed to take breaks because my legs were burning. Before, it was my cardio that was the limit. The scenery was amazing. I saw a rainbow in the Uintahs from the wasatch crest above The Canyons ski resort. I saw two moose and a deer hanging out in a meadow on my way down from Desolation Lake. I saw lightning--thankfully just as I was just about down to the parking lot. The Cottonwood Ridge at dusk from the Wasatch Crest is a spectacular sight. There were lots of bugs. Just the Facts
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