Some Slow and Easy Rehab Runs

Some Slow and Easy Rehab Runs

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With muscle relaxants doing their work, I was advised to try some easy slow runs. The Dr. didn’t have to ask me twice!

Thursday I hit the some Orem/Lindon BST. It was great to get out and move, but I did it in the heat of the day and the temps really got to me!

Feeling good, I tried a new place on Friday – up Provo Canyon and to Big Springs, on the backside of the Cascade Ridge. I went up the Big Springs / Shingle Mills Trail and down the Big Springs Hollow Trail.

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I picked the east side of the mtns in hopes of finding some more afternoon shade. Oops. The first mile was out in the open sun! A nice breeze kept me a lot cooler than the day before.
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Looking up the canyon towards Big Spring

Monday night I tried out some twisty mtn. bike trails above Lindon. It was a BLAST! Between all the twists and turns, there was a lot of flattish runnable terrain. I will definitely add this loop to my regular rotation.

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I came around a sharp corner and literally ran into a deer. I put my hand out as I skidded to a stop and my hand hit its back left flank. The deer just exploded off the ground and bounded a few paces away. Then, it just stared at me as I fumbled to get a picture. Here he is a ways off.
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Lot of the trail just zigzagged up a the foothills through this deep grass. Very cool to run through.

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