Magnolia Road

Today we ran on the legendary Magnolia road. Bobbie had 60 min, and Wally and I both did a solid 80. Max was feeling pretty sore today so he decided to ride on the bike along with us. The road was actually really close to where we live but this was the first time we had run it. After driving to the 8,000 ft that Mags sits on we begin our run. The first 1200 meters is all down hill but after that it is all pretty much an uphill run with steep inclines thrown in. The effort was what Jeff Bolle told us on one of our first runs out here would be. You just kind of get used to hurting. This has definitely been the case for many of our runs out here. Your legs burn and you breath harder than the body wants to, but you just kind of get used to the fatigue and keep rolling. At 30 min into Mags Wally and I pushed up a hill and Bobbie turned around to finish his run. Finally after a long climb and a small but welcomed downhill Wally and I turned back for home. The way back was still pretty tough, but there were a lot more subtle downhills for us to recover on. We pushed up the final hill and finished the run feeling good and tired.