2/22/14

Fri 2/21 - AM 2.5 hours

Chiricahua "big loop" plus a sunrise hike up the Sugarloaf trail. The route that never gets old. Not feeling exactly spry from the get-go this time, and by the end it felt like someone had taken a hammer to my quads, but still worth it. Slept more poorly than I'd like thanks to a malfunctioning sleeping pad, felt flat thanks to that. Before going for the run took a hike up to the top of Sugarloaf for the panoramic view


 Cochise Head
 fire lookout tower, mouse droppings all over the place
 caldera


From there, broke camp and eventually started up the Rhyolite trail. The most sustained bits of running were at the beginning and end, about 40 minutes apiece, heading up to the higher ground and descending back down. Many breaks in between as evidenced by the many pictures taken. The climb up was exhausting, the descent at the end quad-numbing. Quite worn out and sore by the end,


















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