Notes
Ran 2 miles before Hero joined me, then we went and did all of Denman's loop. Hero's back in training(!) for Dam to Dam so he did over 7 miles which got me past halfway. I should have gone further back into the trails again but instead I just stuck around hillside and kept criss-crossing the same area multiple times.
I did explore some of the new trails, they were nice but only one was decently long. I'm not sure if they meant to, but all the new trails seem pretty wide, not double-wide but certainly not singletrack.
I tried to pick up the pace multiple times but couldn't get into a groove (I blame the undulating trails, especially the newest trail that seemed to have 3 steps up followed by 3 steps down all too consistently). So for the last mile or 2 I stuck to concrete and enjoyed the much faster pace.