Unfortunately, "Spring" in Northern California this year looks a lot like torrential rain turning to snow at higher elevations. I was looking forward to a nice trail run this morning, so I headed out to Paradise Lake. The trail there is a nice rolling trail that follows the shoreline of our beautiful lake. It is a 9.3 mile out and back trail.
Today, it was about 90% covered in snow and the rest was puddles. I dressed for rain and off I went. Nothing fast or fancy through the snow and mud, but just a nice natural pace, mostly 10-11min/miles.
On the far part of the trail, I started to see some traccks in the snow. Mountain Lion tracks to be exact. At first it was one solitary cat with BIG feet...3-4" across. I lost his track, but later picked up a smaller adult cat's print with a cub along side. Momma and cub, I'm guessing.
What do you think the lions think of me running by in the rain? FAST FOOD.
Actually, I'm not that fast.
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