By Wednesday, H was ready to do his first post-marathon run, taking Milton for a short two miles on Pipedream. He reported that neither of them was moving super-fast, with Milton recovering from his ten-milers the previous day with A. After that, H and A hopped on the road bikes for a 25 mile road ride, going a little past Arches National Park to where the hill really begins to climb (gonna save that bit for later). Late afternoon found us at Woody's, where H and the bartender traded war stories about Saturday's trail race; the bartender had done the 15K. Consensus: very sandy course.
The next morning, all three of us did a short (just under 3.5 mile) hike on Pipedream, going north this time. We met two friendly Underdog rescue dogs and saw a Grand County work crew rebuilding a washout. We also saw the pink and blue flags marking the Moab 240 course.
We dropped Milton back at home - it was so nice all week that we were able to keep the back door open, so he could be inside or out in the courtyard at his choosing, even if we weren't there - and headed out on the road bikes. This time we did 30.5 miles, going all the way up that long (1.6 mile), steep (7% grade) climb to the kiosk at the Moab Brand trails road. For A, climbing is way preferable to descending, but with the new brakes and new tires, descending was much less scary than before.
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