update

Just watching the clock until Saturday.

Haven't been running at all.  Got some blisters, took a bunch of days off, ran the Garden, took a week off.  Got out for an easy 10k on Saturday but that was it.  A few bike commutes, a few easy efforts at the rock gym, and the usual hour long dog hike in the AM.  Had friends and family visiting constantly over the previous three weeks, so the extra time was needed.  We are seeing Buddy Guy tonight, but then the schedule is clean between Wednesday and Saturday AM when we leave.

We are somewhat locked into a schedule from the start of the hike until Salida.  We have lodging in Breck, Leadville, and Salida.  When we get to Salida we will see what is going on with the trail over the last few sections.  The trail is currently closed and if we had started our hike a few weeks ago we would be forced to bail back to Silverton from Molas Pass.  Obviously we want to hike the entire thing but if we were only able to get to Silverton we would still be pretty excited about what we accomplished.  We would then return next year to finish the trail.  But I'm hopeful the monsoon season starts soon and the trail is open by the time we get there.

I will be posting to my FB page as signal allows, as that is much easier to update via phone.  If I can get access to a regular computer when in town, I'll throw something up here, but no promises.