17mi, 2:23:33 (8:26)
Drove up to Blanton Road and parked at the far West end of Ridgeline. Ran the usual way to Fox Hollow Road, then did the 1.6-mile loop before heading down the trail. Near the bottom I added the loop that goes up another hill and crosses a stream, then when I got back to the base of Fox Hollow I took the little trail that goes over to the trail I found a couple days ago. Took that up to Dillard and continued up to the top of Mount Baldy, then headed down to the East end of Ridgeline. Did a hairpin turn just before the road and took the trail that goes around Mount Baldy back to Dillard. Randomly found a good-sized pond I never knew was there. From Dillard I headed back down the same trail back toward Fox Hollow, but instead of doing the regular Fox Hollow ascent, I did the steeper/shorter alternate route up, just to save .1 or .2 miles because I realized how long this run was going to be. From Fox Hollow Road I went back the same way I came...the last three or four miles my legs were fairly toast.
This 17-mile run was pretty much all trail. Crossed a road six times and ran on one for one or two tenths of a mile, but that was it. The first four miles was the same route as the last four miles, and I went both up and down that new trail, but other than that there were no repeating trails. Over ten miles of unique trails, not bad for one run.
This sounds amazing. How far is the drive to Blanton Road?
ReplyDelete10 minutes (3.5 miles).
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