Another 300+ miles of driving today to get back to Flagstaff. Gonna stay here for 2-3 days and explore some trails. Was feeling pretty lazy when I got to the hotel, felt like taking a nap. Started looking at the trail guide I bought for some MTB trails for the next two days and decided to get off my butt and go for a trail run.
I drove out north of town and headed down a dirt road to where the trail was. I was going to run the Wing Mountain Loop, which the guide listed as 6 miles of easy mountain biking. How tough would it be to run, and could I follow the trail easily.
Some people might think it is un-wise to do a trail run in an unknown area off of a hand drawn map from a guide book. You would probably be ok if you remembered to at least take your cell phone or Road I.D. I have never been accused of being the brightest Crayon in the box, and I forgot both of those things along with my jacket in the car. But luckily I had my fantastic sense of direction and the GPS in my Garmin 305.
The loop was a beautiful trip around Wing Mountain, in the forest North of Flagstaff. This loop is used as a cross country ski loop in the winter, so the markings were pretty good and aside from a nice climb from miles 4-6 it wasn't too tough. What did make it a little tough was the altitude. Can anyone good with math help me with this equation, 182 pounds divided by 7600 feet of altitude equals how muck extra suffering?
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