Posted: 10/1/2005 5:12:29 PM EDT
I went on a short hike on the Harding Trail this afternoon. Only about 3 miles round trip. It's not the most scenic trail, but a good conditioning hike trail.  I went to "goat shed."  There is a spring further in, a round trip of about 10 miles. If you follow the trail all the way to the top it will take you to the highest point in orange county, but its a 20 mile round trip. I saw three other hikers and one mountain biker. Only saw one ground squirrel, two dove, some blue jays, lots of coyote scat, deer tracks and mountain lion tracks.  
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Remember back when you were young and could have run the three miles in, what, about 15 - 20 minutes? I do. I remember the race leaders ran a 5 mile XC course in about 25 minutes depending upon the terrain. Damn, that was a long time ago. I think my best time was 28 minutes. Edited to add: Are those mountian lion tracks or a large dogs tracks? I hope you were prepared to defend yourself. |
I was friends with this marathon runner in school who could run the 27 miles with an average mile time of like 5:12. I was lucky to pull in at 6:30 on a single mile.  Last time I went hicking was up San Gorgonio. My and two of my brothers were able to do the (if I remember right) 27 miles in like 12 hours. It was damn fun and I wish I had time to do more stuff like that. Those picture make me slightly jealous. How fun was it? |