These pictures really don't do it justice :)
They were taking the Easter Sunday afternoon. We spent the weekend with my family, and had very good intentions of getting this ride in Saturday morning/afternoon in Meridian. Factor in the rainstorm first which postponed the ride, then the drive all the way to Meridian to find that the route we had mapped out was closed due to road construction, and we ran out of options. We decided to turn the planned Saturday long bike into a long run. Luckily, we had brought our running shoes/shorts because we had planned on doing a brick run after the bike that day.
On to Bonita Lakes=====I haven't run these trails since I first moved to Meridian. When I ran the trails, I would run the single-path trail. I believe it was a 6.2 mile route, maybe? Our friend, Stacy, told us the new gravel trail was around 4.6 miles, so we decided at first, that we would run it 3 times, and we should be good to go for our weekend long run. Notice I said, "at first". Holy crap!!!! Some of those inclines were so steep it felt like we were walking up the hill instead of running. Maybe trail shoes would have been a good investment?! Now, maybe I am dramatizing just a little, or maybe our legs were trashed due to the 10 mile hilly route with multiple sprint/hill repeats we had just done 2 days earlier. Either way, this run wasn't very, errr, refreshing for the two of us ;) We ended up getting in 2 laps of the trails, and added on mileage around the lower lake. It was, however, BEAUTIFUL!!! You could not ask for a more beautiful time of year----spring had definitely sprung..........dogwoods in full bloom, tulips and daffodils around the lake, bradford pears in full bloom. We got in our car and both decided that we needed to plan to come back to the trails, and bring our Ironman Canada trainees, before Canada to work on our marathon training.
We got lots of family time on Easter, and enjoyed spending time with everyone.
Sunday after church and breakfast at church, we packed and headed back. We are a sight for sore eyes, all packed in with 2 Doodles, a crate, and all of our luggage and bikes ;)
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