I was supposed to run the La Jolla half marathon today. After getting out of work last night, we drove down to San Diego. Along the way, I started feeling kinda sick and within a few hours I had a fever, sore throat and runny nose. I thought I could still run the race but by 2am, it was only getting worse and there was no way. I really glad I didn't run because today I feel like crap but I'm really bummed out about not running.
I guess I didn't get enough running in today at Santa Rosa Plateau so I ran up Mt Rubidoux tonight with Anne. Started right around sunset and it had cooled off nicely and gotten kinda windy.
Ran from home to Mt. Rubidoux tonight.
Down in San Diego today so ran at the Torrey Pines State Beach. Started at the top parking lot, ran down to and around Guy Flemming trail, then up to and around Parry Grove trail. From there up to the Razor Point trail, down to Beach trail then back up via North Broken Hill trail.
Went to Santa Rosa Plateau today to try out my new pair of inov8 trail running shoes. Taking somewhat the same route as last time, I ran into a huge swarm of bees about 3 miles out - it was like a black could over the entire trail. I waited for them to clear off then kept down the same trail where about a mile later (in a down hill section), there were 2 people with a blanket spread out over the single track trail laying there reading books! They even had the nerve to give me attitude when I ran past them even though I had to go off the trail to get around. The rest of the run was uneventful. Later in the day, went for a run up Mt Rubidoux at sunset. Nice cool breeze the entire way.
Easy run at Mt Rubidoux before work this morning. Finally got a pair of street running shoes with more cushioning which made the run nice.
Ran at Chino Hills State park today. Its a large, nice park with lots of trails, multiple entrances and is split between Riverside, Orange, and San Bernardino counties. We started out from the Yorba Linda side at the Fairmont trailhead. Started down Easy Street to Telegraph Canyon, then up North Ridge trail (which is all uphill). Reached Gilman Peak (2,000ft elevation gain from start), then headed down Sycamore trail (single track) to Telegraph Canyon and back up Easy Street to the trailhead. Total distance 10.7 miles. Details here.
