First Adventure!

I had never run the Milpitas trails by myself, I was always with a horse or another person. Going by myself allowed me to go wherever I wished because I didn’t have limitations created by where my friends wanted to go or where a horse wasn’t allowed to go. The first mile or so to even get to Ed Levin Park is just steep dusty hills, so I always walked those. The miles after that are more rolling hills. Running those trails alone made me realize how much motivation is lost when you’re not with another person. A plus to running alone was I didn’t have to keep stopping to encourage a horse to trot or turn around to tell him to back off. The trails were especially nice that day because no one was on them, so there was no shame in walking the steep dusty hills. I also got to get close to the lake/pond in Ed Levine because I didn’t have a horse. I haven’t seen this pond in over a year. The drought was extremely evident to me once I saw this once pretty blue body of water. It was so shallow, people were standing in the middle looking at the white crust that covered the bottom of the pond. It was quite shocking.