http://community.active.com/blogs/toby A resource for adventure created to inspire. First-hand trip reports, wild stories and ideas for excursions of your own. Questions about gear and trip planning are encouraged. Feel free to offer your stories and suggestions. Active Toby Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:33:27 GMT Clearspace 1.7.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2007-12-12T00:33:27Z http://community.active.com/blogs/toby/2007/12/11/joshua-tree-np-trail-rungroup-camping-trip I covered somewhere around 18-miles on Saturday in <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.nps.gov/jotr/">Joshua Tree National Park.</a> It took me over five hours because I lost the trail and continued to scramble my way over a mountain pass in effort to make it a looping out-and-back route. I guess I lost the correct trail pretty early on. This might have been because of how absorbed I was in listening to <a class="jive-link-thread" href="http://community.active.com/thread/10232">Into the Wild on audiobook.</a><br /> <br /> <img src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-5229-2326/JTREEtrailrun.JPG" alt="JTREEtrailrun.JPG" width="620" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" onclick="myJiveImage.start(this, 'http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-5229-2326/JTREEtrailrun.JPG');return false;"/><br /> <br /> Despite the lack of water and calories, I still finished feeling good and now I'm confident that Sunday's 50-mile training run in <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/pdf/penasquitoscanyon.pdf">Penasquitos Canyon</a> will go well. I'm teaming up with Joe Decker's group for four, 13-mile loops. With the support of these awesome folks, Sunday should be a breeze. Stay tuned for how it all works out. Thanks for reading!<br /> <br /> <img src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-5229-2338/Pcanyonrun.JPG" alt="Pcanyonrun.JPG" width="620" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" onclick="myJiveImage.start(this, 'http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-5229-2338/Pcanyonrun.JPG');return false;"/> running toby-guillette active_toby adventure 50-mile endurance trail-running ultra-marathon joe-decker exploring national-parks Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:45:53 GMT Active Toby http://community.active.com/blogs/toby/2007/12/11/joshua-tree-np-trail-rungroup-camping-trip 2007-12-12T00:45:53Z 9 months, 6 hours ago http://community.active.com/blogs/toby/comment/joshua-tree-np-trail-rungroup-camping-trip http://community.active.com/blogs/toby/feeds/comments?blogPostID=5229