Sun 3/11 - AM 95 minutes, trail race

Out and back lollipop loop in Mesquite canyon. The past two days aren't exactly the best prep for putting it on the line, but I suppose it's more about the experience. Overall a decent one, the course included much of the trail I did yesterday. Thankfully not the part of Ford Canyon with the white tank. Ran alone most of the way, although a kid who looked no older than 15 (in fact he was 14) was feeling frisky early on and dogged me until we started climbing up the Mesquite canyon trail. The climbing suited me fine as well as the more gradual sections of descent. Got a little tired and frustrated with the curvy nonsense of the trail in the last mile (which was also the first mile, in the opposite direction), but at least it was flat. Minimal warmup and even less cooldown, took a shower in the campground next door to the post-race feed where I was staying and hit the road soon after that. Overall a mellow, low key experience, somewhat similar to the race in Glenwood Springs last summer in terms of field size and strength but with a refreshing lack of pretension from the race organizers. Some cloud cover at times, temps relatively cool with the easterly breeze kicking up again as the morning wore on.