A.M. 3 road miles running back/forth to Big O for an oil change.
P.M. Met up with Aron shortly after 3 for a trip up Green. Went up Amphi/Saddle/Greenman at a casual pace for me, but pushing Aron to go a bit faster than on our previous few trips. A short ways up Saddle Rock Trail, we crept up on the BTR Thursday HHR run and I think that inspired Aron to push a bit harder than normal, combined with the fact that I was not making him talk as much as I typically do. The BTR group turned out to be a few people we vaguely know, or know of. Fred Ecks, Peter B and Steph E, Maria P and Chris ?. We became somewhat mingled in their group and chatted with them off and on for the remainder of the hike and for a while at the summit. It was surprisingly warm and calm and with a bit of daylight remaining, Aron and I opted to descend Bear Canyon, a new route for him. Of course, we had our picture taken twice along the way. Aron probably thought it was the papparazzi stalking him for some 127 hours dirt ;).
Finished up around 5:15 just as it was getting dark. Awesome evening run.
Splits:
44:30 up
1:07 back to Chautauqua
5 or 6 back to the cars near the bridge
