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Alma Triple Bridge (17Miles) ++

Yesterday we had a 19Miles run, of which the last 17 earned the above name. It's simple: run to Alma bridge. Continue straight at the bridge junction. The road goes up for about 0.7 miles into Aldercroft Heights, passes through the village, narrows down to a single lane road, rolls down in a long descent back to the river level, passes two little bridges and hits a dead end at 2 miles from the Alma bridge. Take a sip of water, turn back, and by the time you arrive to Alma bridge you erased 4 miles and some pretty good hill work. From Alma bridge we continued around the lake and back to LGHS (btw, the single trail next to Hwy 17 was muddy). Oh, the way back looks much longer after the extra 4 hilly miles.

Together with a two miles warm up on the LG creek trail, it made a nice 18.5-19 miles run in 2:57 hours (including any short breaks). The fast pace was inspired by Less (an ironman) who joined us on the way with his friend, and by Tom (Herzel's friend, 2:55 marathon time!!!) and Phil, who always find extra energy on the way back, when I start to count steps. Overall it was a great hill work towards Napa Valley Marathon.

We plan for a similar 21 miles in a couple of weeks.

posted by Arnon @ 5:46 PM