4th of July Road -21 miles

Today I intended to run the King’s Lake Loop to Devil Thumb up past Eldora, about a 17 mile loop.  But as the following video showed I was turned around with snow:

So instead I ran up and down the road to the 4th of July Trailhead about 8 miles.  I was going to run it twice but when I got back I was really tired and decided to do a repeat up the first part of the King’s Lake Loop trail instead and then get in the cold water for a refresh.  After coming out of the creek and eating I felt fantastic so I went back for another 8, which with my other running to investigate the snow made 21.  Here is what it was like for me to run down the 4th of July Road finishing up a long run.