Garden of the Gods

April 25, 2010

Garden of the Gods

12.5 miles

2:13:18 hours

10:40 min/mile pace

This is my last weekend before my first ultra this year, the Greenland 50K. I was up in Denver all day Saturday and did not get out for a run; however, I need to taper anyway and decided to run in the Garden to get a nice, consistent, run in before the big day.

Parking at the main lot inside the park, I ran on the roads. I know, I know, I don't like running on road; however, with the snow on Friday and muddy trails, I decided to forego my dread and hit the pavement.

What a nice, rolling hill course! Wow. Having not run in the Garden since January, I forgot how challenging these roads were. After one full loop, I decided to run another and was very glad I did. The wind kicked up a bit and I tired of the hills; but, overall, still very glad I ran it.

The side of the road in the Garden has this wonderful graphic that looks like a dead body outline!