Spent almost 6hrs in Barton Creek and got in 22ish miles this morning. It was cold but I bundled up good and got started at 6am sharp.

I did Rudy's across Sculpture Falls up the Power Line around the outer perimeter trail, down Cedar Chip and back up the HOL. The plan was for Dave to meet me at 8am. I had perfect timing giving myself 10 minutes for a transition after greeting Dave and meeting his girlfriend Leslie. Mark drove up as I was walking to my car. The original plan was for him to join me at 6am but he texted letting me know he was sleeping in.

My plan was for us to run the 10 mile loop that Mark, Doug, Shan and Sam used to do years ago on a weekly Wed run.

Leslie's plan was to get in 3 miles so Mark suggested we do it backwards and get in the easy flat first. As we passed it I pointed out the 1 mile marker from the top of the hill. Leslie was on her own and Mark, Dave and I continued on.

Mark and Dave are both triatheletes so I knew they'd have plenty to talk about. Having already done 8 miles I was happy to let them do the talking. We maintained a good pace on the flat, did a bit of walking when we got to Twin Falls. I was ready to get off the flat and get in the hills.

Dave said he was enjoying himself and seemed to be impressed by the Grotto. He got a kick when we got ready to head for a downhill and I told him that after the down we'd have an uphill that would get us less than 100yds down the trail from where we were then.

I was pretty disappointed when we got done and Dave said his GPS said 8.5 miles. For years we've thought it was 10 miles. When Shan's schedule settles down we'll check it out on the new one Doug got her for Christmas.

When we got back to the cars Dave and Mark asked me what I was gonna do. I said, "I'm gonna do it again". I thanked Dave and Leslie for coming, refilled my bladder, stocked up on gels and headed back out. I was tired but got in a pretty good rhythm. I went the usual direction and by the time I got to the rocky ass powerline trail my feet were fucking screaming. I decided to call it a day at that point. I was initially disappointed with my miles, wanting to get in the higher twenties but my feet got a good pounding and that will bode well for Bandera in a few weeks.

I think I've got a good recovery going. I'm gonna need to figure out a bit of extra cushioning in these Velocity's.

Dec.....92 miles