{"id":114,"date":"2013-09-04T01:38:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T20:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professorontherun.wordpress.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2015-06-12T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T16:12:11","slug":"back-on-the-trails-francis-peak-to-thurston-peak-new-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Back on the Trails, Francis Peak to Thurston Peak, New Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In early September 2013, my next door neighbor and I went shoe shopping for me.\u00a0 I tried on a few different pairs of trail shoes, but couldn&#8217;t commit.\u00a0 A couple days later he came over with a pair of Brooks Cascadia 8s.\u00a0 He had only used them a few times and they were only a size bigger than what I usually wear, and it turns out that lots of trail runners and ultramarathoners buy a size or 1\/2 bigger because your feet swell at long distances.\u00a0 Excited about the &#8220;new&#8221; shoes (they were in great condition) I set off for some runs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/110533875\/embed\/9b63f116b7861170bdaa60536af6d0b931c8fd77\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First, I drove up Farmington Canyon to the FAA towers and ran the Great Western Trail to Thurston Peak and back.\u00a0 It is a beautiful ridge &#8211; Morgan County on the East and Davis County on the West.\u00a0 Really spectacular.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/untitled-picture1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/untitled-picture1.png?resize=640%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled picture\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/untitled-picture1.png?w=785&amp;ssl=1 785w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/untitled-picture1.png?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt was also my longest run at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/110533875\" target=\"_blank\">9.1 miles.<\/a>\u00a0 My pace was probably around 12:00-14:00 min\/mile, although the messed up GPS said faster.\u00a0 This may be the run that sealed the deal for me.\u00a0 I was up in the mountains where I love to be &#8211; covering more miles than I could on a slow hike &#8211; and loving it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Panorama from the parking lot at the Francis Peak <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-116 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston-1024x387.jpg?resize=631%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4 September 2013 Francis Peak to Thurston\" width=\"631\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston.jpg?resize=1024%2C387&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston.jpg?resize=300%2C113&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston.jpg?w=1687&amp;ssl=1 1687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Looking SW as a shaft of light shone down on my new home<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-117 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston2.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4 September 2013 Francis Peak to Thurston2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston2.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Obligatory Selfie to prove I was there<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-september-2013-francis-peak-to-thurston3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118 size-full\" 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