Friday, July 22, 2011

I wonder where that goes...

It's a good thing that I look at side trails and think, "I wonder where that leads?"  It's also good that once I start on that path, I'm not scared to head up 60 degree inclines to find out.  If I'd stayed on the well-worn paths that provide about 5 miles of running at Bull Creek, I would have never discovered the miles and miles of trails that aren't found on maps.  It will take me a long time to learn where all the trails lead, but I estimate there's probably 10+ miles of trail out there to cover.  Add in the 5 I already knew about and the fact that I can access Forest Ridge after July 31st, and I can connect enough trail to probably run 25-30 miles, if not more.

The best part is that its only about a 20 minute easy run from home to the first trailhead.  From there, outside of a .3 mile section, all of the 30ish miles would be on trail.

I've yet to explore the 20+ miles of trail out at Walnut Creek, and there's still about 16 miles at Georgetown Lake I've not hit up yet.  Plus, I have the 8 miles in each direction at the Greenbelt.

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