Mesa Trail Redux!

The foliage along the trail is at its fall peak!

My friend Wendy, whom I've known for almost 20 years and still lives in NYC, visited us this weekend. Yesterday she suggested that for my long run, we go somewhere with trails so she could hike while I ran. Excellent idea! So I did my 90 minutes on the Mesa Trail.

Some of you may recall that this is one of four "classic Boulder runs" I tried to complete last spring before launching into marathon training. I got three of the four done, including a two-hour jaunt on the Mesa Trail. It's a wonderful place to run, especially in October when it's still warm and dry (but not TOO warm or dry). And I'm pleased to say that on yesterday's excursion I felt so much stronger than I did last spring. One day later, I have no soreness, whereas last time I felt as though I had done a race. A good sign!

After we had finished, Wendy and I went to the Boulder Farmers' Market, had lunch, picked up some treats for later--and she took this video of me hula hooping (still in my running clothes). Hope you all had as fun a weekend as we did!