Wow, our ideas of fun have sure changed over the last year. Instead of finding some crazy costume party, we headed out to Auburn for Hilloween. The idea is to cover the maximum number of vertical feet in one day. Whoever goes up the most, wins.
So we stayed at with Elke, our favorite ultra-runner, and went out early morning on Saturday. Set up camp on the edge of a canyon with a few more crazy people, many of them in costumes... and there it goes. Down we go to the bottom of the canyon, over the bridge, all the way up to the other side, then turn around and come all the way back to camp. Rinse and repeat as many times as you want to maximize vertical gain.
Each trip there and back is about 6 miles and 3000 ft. Sarah and I did two, and then had to go back with Elke. Some other folks did three. Hilloween is a "virtual" event, so other people participated too with their own hills in other places. So it's still unclear who won.
It was my first serious trail run since Wasatch and it went pretty well.
