Did about 27 miles today.  Kind of an epic run for these parts (that would be Busan, Korea).  Did a trail run consisting of two surrounding "mountains" , with a reservoir trail, a river trail and city navigation in between.  The two mountains are 2500 and 2000 ft with Sea Level to start/finish and in between, the first one has a lot of ups/down while up there running along the fortress (think of a mini "Great Wall" type thing).  It took me about 8:30 due to the hills and the cruddy footing.  Plus I was in no hurry and took a bunch of photos.  I'll send photos when I can.  It was a good "fat ass" run, and I took advantage of the "city" part to drop into a convenience store to refill the bottles.

qotd: I got nothin'

Ok kids, here are the photos:

Photo 1: The first "hill" is off in the distant haze (the trail goes along the ridge for about 6 or 7 miles), the second one is on the right. I took a taxi to the trailhead and then ran back to the hotel. By the way I took this photo while eating breakfast at my hotel a few days before.

Photo 2: Sunrise from the ridge of the first "hill", the reflection at the bottom is the reservoir.

Photo 3: The trail and old fortress wall follows the ridge and has gate houses and watch towers.

Photo 4: A refurbished gate.

Photo 5: Also lots of temples among the hills.

Photo 6: The top of the first hill. On the left you can see some of the wall I just ran along and the ridge is off to the right.

Photo 7: Navigating the city between the hills. At least it was sorta flat and good running for a stretch.

Photo 8: The reservoir, there is a nice trail along the water's edge. (I didn't take any photos running along the river.)

Photo 9: At the top of the second hill. The first hill's ridge is off in the distance to the left, you might be able to see the reservoir and river down below.

P.S. Photo 10:  Just so you don't think it's all fun and games over here, here's a photo of one of the 5 shipyards I visited this week. The blue ships in the middle are the largest Containerships in the world under construction.

Hi all!  Not a long run planned for me today, but maybe a few miles in later this afternoon. I did get in 3.5 glorious miles last night, the first run in almost two weeks.

Been awol for a couple of reasons. One of my last posts I showed pictures of my washed out trail.  What I didn't mention was the creepy man resting ('hiding'?) in the bushes that I had to pass twice.  Very unusual since this trail attracts runners or dog walkers typically.  Well, a couple of days later and just a couple of miles down the trail, a woman was attacked at knifepoint and raped by a man of similar description.  Well, long story short,  they did arrest someone, it was not the same guy I saw (thankfully!!), and it creeped me out enough to stop running and listen to my knee pain (which I think is really ITB issues).  Foarm rolling and strength work has helped tremendously.   I'm not giving up trail running, but this hit really close to home and I'm rethinking my safety practices.

Sandy-- looking forward to the pictures.

Queen- enjoy the run, and I hope you do get to see a bear (from faraway).

QOTD:  don't really know, now that you ask.  I've seen it used in many different ways.

No bear sighting and only ran 18 but drove further so got to see more of the trail.  A Fat Ass just seems to be arunning group..."Hey we are meeting here to run this, come as you like"

I set a PR for walking since my accident. I did half a mile at 2.5 mph on a treadmill. By the end I was almost limping, so I obeyed my PT and stopped. Off to Fairbanks, AK on Tuesday. Our middle daughter is getting married Saturday at Denali somewhere with only about 6 in the group. I am talking trekking poles for Denali - a lot better than crutches.