Varvel Family: June Adventures

June was an amazing running month! I loved every step!

Greenbelt-Heritage Park:

We did a fun speed workout on the greenbelt. We warmed up for a mile, then did some pick ups. We did a 200m, 400m, 800m with equal rest X3. Then we finished off the 10 miles with some Lost Souls routes. I loved it!

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Rolly Polly Hill Intervals:

Joyce and I did a fun hill work out on the rolly pollies.

Warming up on Buckskin Morgan.

Pretty flowers.

Half Ass Hike: Cress Creek

We took the donkeys on a fun 3 mile hike at Cress Creek. They did great with the hikers, and all the different terrain. I'll post more details about the donkey hikes on my farm blog post.

Taylor Mountain Peak-Double W Divide-Gulo Gulo:

I went down to Wolverine Canyon to help Ashlee and Becky get a few Lost Souls routes. I forgot how much I love running down there. It's so pretty, and we hit the flowers just right. It was a perfect 15 mile morning with lots of climbing.

Climbing Taylor Mountain.

The sunrise and flowers were a perfect combination.

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Me and Ashlee at the top.

The paintbrush was so bright.

Going up toward the Double W Divide.

Made it!

Gulo Gulo is a killer climb, but it's so worth it!

Tahoe 200 Pacing:

I had the privilege of pacing and crewing for my friend Cris at the Tahoe 200. It was one of the coolest things I've ever been a part of. I'll do a whole separate blog post about it, but for this post I'll just say that I paced her for 2 legs of the race. One was a 39 mile section, and the second was a 20 mile section. I did almost 60 miles, and my body did really well.

Starting our 39 mile section.

The middle of the night during our 20 mile section.

Half Ass Hike: Kelly Mountain

We took Clover and Willow on a hike up Kelly Mountain. They did so good! The flowers were crazy!

Sidewinder-Tower Loop:

Ashlee, Jennifer, Tonya, and I did the Sidewinder-Tower Loop. We detoured off Sidewinder to get the cairn for the Lost Souls route. This was a fun one!

A cactus flower!

The Sidewinder cairn!

Amazing flowers!

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We saw a bear! 😆

Deadhorse-Echo Canyon:

Even though I'm not doing the Lost Souls challenge this year, I've been going on lots of the routes with the girls. It's been fun, because it's the only time I think to do some of these routes, and then I remember how much I enjoy them. We hit these two at the perfect time. It was gorgeous! Beautiful 10 mile day.

Running up Deadhorse.

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Getting to the cairn before the fun run down Echo Canyon.

Spencer Peak:

Joyce and I have been training for the rest of the 12ers that we want to finish up this year. She finds great peaks for us to climb. We did Spencer Peak on the Pine Creek Pass, and it was so beautiful! The drive in to the trailhead was one of the prettiest wildflower drives I've ever done. The trail itself was equally gorgeous!

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Yellow flowers lined much of the trail.

We picked the perfect time of year. It was so green and lush.

Joyce with some Teton views!

On top of Spencer Peak.

So colorful!

This was on the drive out. It was 12 miles of magic!

Scout Mountain-Crestline:

Ashlee, Ashley, Becky, and I went down to Pocatello, and met Cristina for a tour of some of the best Pocatello trails. We climbed Scout Mountain, and ended via the Crestline Trail. We all loved it! Such a great morning!