Ever since moving to Portland I've wanted to run in Forest Park and today was the day to make it happen. It fit into my schedule nicely but the weather couldn't have been much worse. It rained off and on all day and right as I got out of my car at the bottom of Leif Erickson it started to rain. For the next 30 minutes it rained cats and dogs (with a bit of hail for good measure). Needless to say, the singletrack was a mess and my shoes/legs/shorts were covered in mud. At my turnaround spot the rain stopped and the sun came out for the remainder of the run. The colors of the forest were amazing as the green seemed to 'pop' even more after the rainfall. Anyway, I'm glad I ran there but then it took over 1 hour to get home due to rush hour traffic. As cool as the trails were, it's not worth the drive... Lunar (214)
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