Holy cow, I was supposed to cross train one hour and ended up not only running a 5k, but I jogged to and from the 5k event and I also went hiking for about 5 hours, too!  I think my total mileage for the day was right around 14 miles!

I did a fun 5k with my favorite running buddy, Duane Brickner, and our new running buddy, Richie Laser, also showed up and ran with us.  Duane and I didn’t do our best time, but we didn’t do our worst, either, and I was pleased with our results, particularly considering that this wasn’t even a day I was supposed to run!

My husband and I went hiking in the Superstition Wilderness and made it down to Tortilla Ranch and to the Peters’ trail.  We went in about a half-mile on the Peters’ trail, but it was far too overgrown with razor-sharp cats’ claw and I wasn’t really having any fun at that point.  We saw a cool tarantula on the way out and snapped a few photos as well as a short movie of it (click on download movie when you get to the page).