{"id":1843,"date":"2016-08-09T18:43:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T00:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2016-08-13T18:57:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T00:57:44","slug":"local-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/?p=1843","title":{"rendered":"Local Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve said it before, but I really am pleased as punch with the easy access and quality of some of my backyard local trails. 3-5 minute drive to a trailhead and I can put in as few or as many easy miles as I want around the foothills. Add a canyon in for some elevation, or just putter around the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and countless offshoots. Here&#8217;s 3 recent ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I took another friend out for his first trailrun with me. Good times. I think he&#8217;ll get hooked.<\/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\/654832772\/embed\/15b93e41d6aa8af31b5f8d6ca8611bbfbdbfc185\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I like this little 4.5 mile-ish route. Super close trailhead. A slow steady climb, a little squiggly descent, then back. Super fast and easy. For some reason, on this day, I decided to knock it out in the 102 degree hit midday, just to see if I could. I felt pretty good for the first mile, then the heat really started to sink in.<\/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\/657793953\/embed\/0437910403fc61526a88dcc88b48b410b5cbfc90\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1844\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_202339630_iOS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1844 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_202339630_iOS-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20160729_202339630_iOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_202339630_iOS.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_202339630_iOS.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_202339630_iOS.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_202339630_iOS.jpg?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_202339630_iOS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_202339630_iOS.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I should have turned around at the trailhead. Everything was dry, crunchy, burnt-out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1845\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_205245009_iOS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1845 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_205245009_iOS-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20160729_205245009_iOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_205245009_iOS.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_205245009_iOS.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_205245009_iOS.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_205245009_iOS.jpg?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_205245009_iOS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160729_205245009_iOS.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dry dry grass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I went back and did the same route a week later, but at twilight. Faster, until it got dark and I had to pull out the flashlight.<\/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\/670798340\/embed\/957300ec646bc71e4af0ae1078b82b613146ebaa\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve said it before, but I really am pleased as punch with the easy access and quality of some of my backyard local trails. 3-5 minute drive to a trailhead and I can put in as few or as many easy miles as I want around the foothills. Add a canyon in for some elevation, or just putter around the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and countless offshoots. Here&#8217;s 3 recent ones. 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