Thursday, May 10, 2012

Adventures in Trail Running

We've been to Red Rocks Park a few times to run the trail.  Its about 4 miles or so, has good elevation change, and really cool scenery.  The first time we went was nice, we saw deer and ended up not too sore the next day.  This last Tuesday we went and there was a concert at the park, so we were stuck in traffic for about 20 minutes longer than expected.  We ran the trail the opposite direction this time, which I thought was easier, but Karla wasn't sold.  I was running ahead of her and right at the end a few bikers coming the other direction put up their hands and were slightly panicked.  Why you ask?  Well there was a rattlesnake in the trail that had just killed a little field mouse.  Yup, a rattlesnake.  I lived in Texas for 20+ years and don't recall seeing a rattlesnake.  We learned quickly he was not to be moved, and so I turned around and jogged back to run with Karla, hoping the snake would be gone by the time we get back.  I don't tell Karla until I see that he's still on the trail 15 minutes later, with a digesting mouse in his body.  Karla does well in not completely freaking out and we take the high road to let him finish his dinner.  Hopefully we'll be back soon, as its pretty rare to see a rattlesnake out there.

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