19.35 - 5,623 ft. - 4:40 on feet
Met Nick, Leslie, and Matt at East Mountain and ran an interesting loop. Longer than what was proposed. Got frustrated with a pretty rutted loose descent section where I actually went down twice within 5 minutes. Still fun to get out as always and was nice to finally meet and run with Nick.
PM - 12 - 3,000 ft. - 2:50 on feet
Got out in the rain! It was only sprinkling when we started at Upper Big Water at about 10 PM. A couple miles in I kicked a root hard and my middle toe hurt the rest of the run. Another mile later it started dumping buckets of water on us. A mile later it was 41 degrees. A mile later we saw lots of salamanders. A mile later we were almost to the crest and thankfully headed back to the cars. I got really cold and was ready to be done. Had the heavy rain not hit us for those 5ish minutes, it would have remained a pleasant evening and I would have hoped for 16-18 miles. Going to rest up some now and have 2 more weeks strong before a taper.
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