Trail Running with Peter Reid

Well, we arrived here in Tucson around noon. Our room wasn't ready for check-in until four so we went to Wal-Mart and stocked up for the camp. From there we drove down to the end of Speedway road to a desert trail head where we got our first workout in - 45' ez run on a single track lined with Wille E Coyote cacti and covered with fist sized rocks.
The first 22' of the run were a slow progressive climb of close to a 1000 feet. Then we levelled off for a few minutes before beginning the decent.
You need fitness to climb well and you need technical skills to descend. I have neither. So, unfortunately for Pete, the only exercise he got was in patients.
Still it was an incredible run with stunning visuals. I think I'm going to like it here.
Tomorrow we have a three hour ride planned and the "official" camp starts Saturday.