My long-planned trip this weekend was a success, even if it was slower than I had hoped.
I had planned to run as much as possible, but my left knee started hurting three miles down the North Kaibab trail, so I walked the whole way across, 14 miles (7 hours) in the rain to Phantom Ranch, 10 miles (6.5 hours) up Bright Angel Trail the next morning. Trail conditions were awesome--lots of damp packed sand, and the rougher sections always seemed to have nice smooth landing spots in between the rocks. My brain radar is pretty good at subconsciously placing my feet at this point.
Super fun! I'm looking forward to the day when my knee cooperates and I can run more . . . there's a lot of sweet almost-level smoothish single-track that I can't wait to revisit.
And . . . all the R2R2Rimmers were an inspiration!
The only time I put my sandals on the whole time was to have dinner in the Canteen at Phantom Ranch. For them, "No shoes no shirt no service."
For me: No shoes = LOTS OF FUN!
A longer post with photos is at my blog: www.theagavin.com
I had planned to run as much as possible, but my left knee started hurting three miles down the North Kaibab trail, so I walked the whole way across, 14 miles (7 hours) in the rain to Phantom Ranch, 10 miles (6.5 hours) up Bright Angel Trail the next morning. Trail conditions were awesome--lots of damp packed sand, and the rougher sections always seemed to have nice smooth landing spots in between the rocks. My brain radar is pretty good at subconsciously placing my feet at this point.
Super fun! I'm looking forward to the day when my knee cooperates and I can run more . . . there's a lot of sweet almost-level smoothish single-track that I can't wait to revisit.
And . . . all the R2R2Rimmers were an inspiration!
The only time I put my sandals on the whole time was to have dinner in the Canteen at Phantom Ranch. For them, "No shoes no shirt no service."
For me: No shoes = LOTS OF FUN!
A longer post with photos is at my blog: www.theagavin.com