#youngmantrail

[matthewhook]

Let's get lost. First legit trail run in a few weeks. Felt wonderful running these trails in the more mild temps of Arizona's December. Last time I was on the #YoungManTrail, in September, I maxed out my dollar store thermometer. Friday, it was 53°f. I managed to shuffle a little faster, go a little farther, and feel a little better afterward. It was a good run. (at South Mountain, Phoenix) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIerLqpHVxfatM-LcAiL2dWQ9psISQvT7rl_RE0/?igshid=19jo4syhpdvoz

[matthewhook]

Sweet little ten mile loop on #SouthMountainPreserve for a #SundayRunDay. I started from #PimaCanyonTrailhead, and headed west on #DesertClassicTrail, which makes for a cozy warm-up and leg-loosener. About three miles in, I cut north up the #YoungManTrail to run apex-out on #MidlifeCrisisTrail. Without a pre-planned route in mind, I opted to explore a length of the ridge to the west I had not seen before. Just a half-mile or so along, I spotted some folks ahead sunning on a rock outcropping, and wishing to avoid interaction I scrambled a precipitous game trail that took me through a largely vertical boulder garden where I could wave to climbers packing crashpads out to sesh their favorite boulder problems. I bottomed out in the #PimaWash, again heading farther west, over #FatManPass to cruise roughly north along the exposed single-track of #NationalTrail and east on the #MormonLoopTrail. Reaffirming my bearings seeing #RockHouse I descended into #HiddenValley and jammed out on #PimaWashTrail. All in all, a total dream of a route! (at South Mountain, Phoenix) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-56R7mnWFNCg4Quiyz_ZuodMgq6Hcb3G0I0Sw0/?igshid=1kvw9c31sqkg4