Thursday, February 08, 2007

Bump and Grind

Lately we've been doing some more running, especially the off-road kind.
It's been a blast discovering new trails.
This one here is called the bump and grind. I'll let you use your imagination as to why.
It's a total of only 4.5miles, but the first half is a 1163 foot climb.


If you look carefully, you can see some other runners on the trail running down. It's a very popular outing for running enthusiasts.

The view from the top is quite spectacular.




A quick break half way up ..







And it goes up and up and up...



This is a private golf-course! Can you believe it! It looks quite strange - so green in the middle of the desert mountains.
Hopefully all this training will come in handy next week, when we're doing our first half-marathon in the United States! We're really looking forward to it.