Karen took me to Estes Park for a mountain getaway. This photo was taken at the Stanley Hotel. If you look closely, you can see my broken shoulder on the right, stage left. There’s a noticable bump.

We hiked a bit together, and walked around town, but Sunday morning was me time. I got in six miles running up Deer Mountain. I ran slow but felt really good about my trail legs. The trail wasn’t overly steep, a bit rocky in spots, but totally runnable. I’m still a bit gun shy after my tumble on the trail last November, but surprised myself by running strong downhill.

I’m looking forward to a good summer of trail running. I thought losing weight would make me faster and it hasn’t. Running is certainly more comfortable at 170 pounds. I hope to learn how to run fast again. My next two planned events are the Boulder Marathon in late September and the Bandera 100K in January.