Summer Trail Running: Borrego Bear Wallow Loop
Summer is here and the fires that ravaged much of New Mexico's landscape have dissipated. We had a lot of rainfall in June and our National Forest re-opened in time for summer hiking and adventures. Back in May I started running more consistently after a long hiatus, and a friend talked me into training for a trail half marathon in July. I haven't done a trail race since the BC era (Before Children...) and I knew this training would require a lot of rearranging of my schedule and a greater commitment to running than just short jaunts around the neighborhood, but I also knew that if I wanted to get back in shape I needed a goal to work toward. My first Santa Fe trail run of the summer was a 4-mile loop around Borrego Bear Wallow at the end of June. It was a warm and sunny morning and there wasn't a single car in the parking lot when I pulled in. There's something so magical about having the trail to oneself! The forest initially seems so qu...