I ran more than the previous week. I kept mostly to the logging roads. The ankle is still not quite healed. Going to give it a while longer before getting back to the technical trails.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 8:07 pm
7.6 mi, 825 ft gain, 1:18:59. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm Gate #1. With dogs. Altra Superior 1.5
Brief stop at Olney creek for the dogs to splash around. Then I wanted to do a little climbing, so I went up the connector hill to the west end for a view of the sunset.

Thursday, July 24, 2014, 7:35 pm
8.1 mi, 1116 ft gain, 1:22:34. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm Gate #1. With dogs. Altra Superior 1.5
It was a little misty and foggy. With the rains earlier, the grass and brush were heavy with rain, leaning over the tracks of the road. My legs and feet were quite wet. Ran over the hill to the gate #2 side and back. Climbing was nice.

Saturday, July 26, 2014, 8:09 pm
8.8 mi, 1174 ft gain, 1:27:52. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm Gate #1. With dogs. Altra Superior 1.5
Sun was back. Stopped at Olney creek then headed over the hill and back. Had some decent times on the climb sections.

Sunday, July 27, 2014, 6:24 pm
13.4 mi, 2286 ft gain, 2:18:27. Home to Upper Wallace falls + 1mi by RR. Solo. Altra Superior 1.5
Wanted to get back out on actual trails, but didn’t want to face too many rocks and roots yet. Decided to run to Wallace Falls then up the trail. Around 3.1-3.2 mi to the trail head. To the Upper falls and back, then added a mile along the green belt by the RR before heading home.
I started out feeling good, going a little faster than I expected. I went through the green belt along US2 rather than on the sidewalk. The uneven grass and mole hills wasn’t great for my ankle. The trail was great. I fell once, just after turning off the railroad grade onto the Woody trail. I saw two little boys sitting on a rock by the trail ahead. I looked up just a little too long and tripped. It was sort of a slow motion fall, dirtying my palms and rolling to sit on the trail. Got up after a couple seconds and kept going.
Not a lot of people on the trail for a weekend. It was a good idea to wait, rather than going midday. Pretty good time going up. Took it easy heading down. Turned up the Greg Ball connecting trail to the railroad grade for the return trip. It adds just over 1 mi.
It’s been a while since I’ve been on pavement. I could definitely feel the difference. I don’t miss living in Seattle and all the road running I did then.

Weekly totals: 37.9mi, 5h47m, 5402 ft gain.

Thoughts:
Might try a little more technical terrain in the coming week. The ankle is slowly coming along.