Elevation 8,010'
Morning run: Started off the day with a very cool run (literally, it was 47 degrees!). I'll let the photo essay below tell today's story:
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| Grounds of the YMCA where I'm staying and started my run. Yeah, the view isn't too shabby! |
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| Heading out on neat singletrack trail on YMCA property |
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| Whoa, came around the corner on the trail and face-to-face with this guy! Thought it was a moose at first, but a ranger I later showed photo to confirmed it as an elk. |
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| Ran along Glacier Creek, the boundary between YMCA and Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park |
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| Jana came out with for a second loop and
shot this photo of trail crossing the
Glacier Creek into RMNP |
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| Trail continued into National Park, but I only followed for a couple miles as I was completely winded at altitude.
I'll be back tomorrow morning ...
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| "You can take the boy out of the jungle, but ..." |
Afternoon hike: Family hike inside Rocky Mountain National Park
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| Bierstadt Lake: elevation 9,500' |
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| I was sitting on log at lake eating my lunch, when I heard rustling in the grass and this guy came out right next to me! (I'll leave Jonny to identify.) |
Evening swim: I'm guessing altitute has a huge factor here swimming at 8,010 feet also, as the three of us were dead swimming just a few hundred yards, and it made swimming in the ocean back home at recent triathlons seems like a breeze.
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