Ok, I have been seriously limping around AZ all week.\u00a0 That last run was a mistake.\u00a0 I should have taken it easy.\u00a0 But, I just could resist.\u00a0 Well…today was our last full day down here in the valley of the sun…so I thought I would throw caution to the wind and run again – suffer the consequences later.<\/p>\n
I had my wife drop me off at the Pyramid Trail TH with the plan to meet up with her, my kids, and some of our cousins later as they hiked up to the Lost Ranch Mine Ruins for a picnic.\u00a0 I went up the Pyramid Trail to the top of that peak, and then followed the ridgeline NE to where it connects with Telegraph Pass – almost all the way to the radio towers, then lopped back SW on the opposing ridgeline to the north on the National Trail. I then dropped down the Lost Ranch Ruins Trail and arrived at the old ruined farmhouse right when the family did.\u00a0 Perfect timing!\u00a0 As with the last run, the conditions were amazing, and the trails were in great condition….except for the descent down the Lost Ranch Ruins Trail – that one was a mess.\u00a0 Super steep and lots of loose rock.<\/p>\n
My foot hurt the whole time and BOTH of my IT bands were hurting from about mile 4 onward.<\/p>\n
6.3 miles @ 13:16 min\/mile and 1,710 ft. elevation<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n