That's right folks, we are still going. We are going to hit a couple loops down through a valley. Remember the first rule of trail running: whatever you run down, you'll have to come back up. After the run around the horn we head down a very steep and long down hill. Watching your footing on the entire course is a must but even more so here. After reaching the bottom we go through some swampy areas, through a deer graveyard where the wolves have eaten them, then up a slow hill. The hill is long and drawn out and right before the top it inclines sharply. After coming up that long hill you turn and head back down into the valley. You will cross a small water area and then find the bottom of the large hill you first ran down. Its now time to do the 150+ yards back to the top. The incline is difficult to say the least. Your thighs start to burn, calves ache and you keep going. After what seems like an eternity you reach the peak, which is very near to the rope climb so we head up over the "saddle" and into the area where the first mile was.
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The trail drops down a little and we hit some rolling hills over to the tree shimmy. Its a simple drill, there is a tree approximately 4-5 inches in diameter and you shimmy up it about 12 feet. Slide down and repeat.
We go from the shimmy tree down a rolling trail to a gas line. They clear cut the land here so we take full advantage of it. As soon as we come out of the woods we head up the hill. Big surprise there, up another hill. As we go up the hill some logs have been pulled out so we jump over or run across these. Its good practice for moving quickly and keeping your balance. At the top of this hill is an area where we do elevated push ups. After completing these sets of push ups we then head over to another log to run across and trees to crawl under. That's right, crawl under.
We are heading on to mile 3. Talk about that next time.
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