On the evening of 8 July 2013 I went up for my first trail run.  It was in the 90s, and the evening sun was beating on the exposed face of the Wasatch Range that I decided to ascend.  I took the trail closest to home – a set straight up from Farmington to Flag Rock – an outcropping about 1,500 ft up from the valley floor with a large American Flag.  I started “running” and quickly realized that my … Continue reading First Trail Run, Flag Rock, Rattlesnakes, and Dehydration