August 4, 2015 by Jason Flaherty
10K Santa Cruz Trail Run
I needed some new way to expend energy and stay in good shape after a ditch gap gone wrong on my mountain bike. My hand had a new hole in it and I couldn’t hold the handle bars. Running is really popular in Auburn California, the town we were living near in Northern California. I started on the road, but soon found I loved the dirt trails on my feet as much as I liked them on my SB95… almost. 🙂
I downloaded my first “10k training plan” from the well known Hal Higdon and followed it to the letter. A few months later I jammed down to Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park with my family cheering me on and raced my first 10k trail run. It was so energizing! I ran better than I thought I would and felt prepared by all the great advice I read on so many running sites about training for the trail you will be running… It really worked out.
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Next Up: Half Marathon!