Silver Lake Run

With the Xterra Wheeler Canyon 1/2 Marathon and Park City Marathon coming up the next two weeks, I figured I'd better get in a good elevation run. I took my truck up American Fork Canyon, taking the bumpy dirt road up past Tibble Fork Reservoir to Silver Lake Flat Reservoir.

I ran this trail once before, so I knew it would be a tough one. It starts out easy enough though.

1 of 2 stream crossings

Aspens line the trail

View near the top

View of the top

Silver Lake from the south side, at the end of the trail

Last time I just ran back down. This time i decided to hike around the lake. From the NE side

From the NW side, where the stream feeds the lake

Daisies on the west side

Hill crest on the west side

View of lake below from the west side hill

PB&J break

One last look at the lake before running back down

Day in Park City

Holly, Evan, and I joined Lisa, Josh, Jack, Kevin, & Kate up in Park City to go down the Alpine Coaster at PC Mountain Resort. Kevin works there and hooked us up with free tickets!

While waiting in line, I spotted this lady over on the slide. She had brought her sled to a complete halt, blocking the other riders behind her like a clogged artery. One by one they came to a screeching halt, waiting to get rear-ended by a careless daredevil from behind. Opting to keep her hands & feet outside of the car at this time, she rolled off the slide and chose to walk it off instead.

The long ride to the top of the coaster

Another rider coming down above

Check out this sweet beetle we saw

On a bus ride into downtown, Lisa became infatuated with this puppy, leading Kate to become infatuated with taking pictures of them together, which of course led to me becoming infatuated with the entire spectacle, demanding this photo below. (Kevin was an innocent bystander)

Evan joined the party

More Speedgoat Stories

Some other runner experiences I came across:

A First Endurance couple's account here. I borrowed this picture from them, since it does the best job so far I've come across of showing how freaking steep and tricky that downhill portion was. Click on the photo for better detail.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that's me directly in the middle of the picture with the black shorts, white shirt, and sun hat.

Lori finished in under 9 hours.

Jeff killed the course in 7 hours 19 minutes.