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Phoenix Mountain Preserve north here and there, AZ
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| Hiking | 5.47 Miles |
630 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.47 Miles | 1 Hour 59 Mns | | 2.90 mph |
| 630 ft AEG | 6 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Needed to hit Trader Joe's, thus practice hiking in the area prior seemed a good idea. My original plan was to do VOAZ and get some miles.
Echo: "Should I wear shorts or pants for my hike today".
"It doesn't matter to me as I don't have legs, but it's 70 degrees and shorts all the way" 
After hiking about 1/2 mile and sore legs from Thursday's Barbell class (hadn't been for a month), I scrapped VOAZ and decided my goal would be little hills and five miles. Plus, initially it seemed warmer. So I headed west but got distracted rather quickly by a small alley way of Desert Globemallow. I continued the north side roller coaster hills around Happy Hour Ridge and hooked up with Charles Christiansen 100 going east.
I zigged, took a break on a slanty big rock on the hill and then zagged to Perl Charles Trail. I didn't want to do the rest of the hill so I staged left (NE) and around to the other side of Perl and did the Shoe. At the saddle I saw how hikers had taken little quartz rocks and stacked them on the black slate looking rock; I thought it was a pretty creative idea. I took a break on the bench mid-Shoe before completing Mile 3. Of course, coming down that hill the sun always puts a glow on the cactus so had to catch a couple shots experimenting with the 3x vs portrait mode.
I headed east to LV Yates, which apparently goes around the mountain. I looked up to see Dixie Peak 2429 and was surprised at the climb one has to do from that saddle to the top  that I've done a few times. I veered north. I started getting a rib ache as the temps started to cool. I then left Yates and headed North back to Charles Christensen 100 before crossing over to the TH on 38th St.
2 Squirrels, 1/2 dozen quail, 1 hawk, 2 lizards,1 helicopter, two planes. Scattered people but toward the finish, quite a few.
WATCH: 5.38 mi, 3:08-5:07PM, 144bpm/173 max burning 908 calories. 83% Zone 5 max, 13% Zone 4 anaerobic. 610ml sweat loss. Temp 69.8 sunny, 12% humidity, wind 3.7 ENE |
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Wildflowers Observation None
Brittlebush in mixture of bloom |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
Oh, and once in awhile, don't forget to look back at the trail you've traveled. |
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