early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
running to the big spider!
i chose to start my birthday off with a challenge. it is something i have been thinking an=bout for a while. my goal was to run to the big spider and then back home. i had two things going against me from the get-go. i had never run the trails to the big spider (especially not in the dark) and this was going to be the longest run that i had done in over 20 years. the good thing about this day was we had a little rain last evening so things had been cooled down somewhat.
the biggest 