27 Jan 2010

East Sooke Park Trail Run

This is for my buddy Greg, who got me back into running three years ago. With another AT&T Wireless buddy, Tim, we were going to do a half marathon in Port Angeles back in 2007. Sadly, Greg broke a toe three days before

Still, I'll share running stories with Greg (possibly he's the only who cares). Such as the 10K I ran Sunday in Cobble Hill. My fastest run in at least 7 years...and I still came in 265th

(http://pih.bc.ca/results/Series.php?race=171)

Anyways, this is one of our two favorite runs (Pike Road) here in the Sooke area, at a very large provincial park (3,500 acres) on the Straight of Juan de Fuca

http://www.eastsookepark.com/

The only downside is there are cougars and bears (although the latter should be sleeping right now)

East Sooke is a bit more rugged. Last time we stayed over here I was in the General Store and someone had a baby deer's head in his hand to show, assuming a cougar had killed it. Anyways...



The first mile out is through dense forest. Hudson generally gets to be off-leash and zip around







This is at the end of the first mile...a quick run down to the ocean (straight)...





...and then off to the more challenging trails to the left...





Hudson's water break...



Some difficult terrain makes the second part of the run more like climbing and hiking...







Which is why Hudson's on leash...



Views of Washington State



We are here until Monday, when it's back to Seattle for a few weeks, including a visit with Boss Hague...

1 comment:

  1. Beautiful photos, Chris. ALMOST makes me want to go for a run . . .

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