Today was a beautiful clear sunny day. I did my first official WS trail training run (at least I thought of it that way in my head) and I think I might have seen a BEAR!!! for the first time. It was pretty far off, so frankly, it could have been something else. But it was big, black, round and fast as it barrelled straight down the mountain. I turned around when I saw it and ended up running 13 miles (I had hoped to run 14). It was a run I would describe as glorious -- crisp cold air, beauty all around and I just felt great. Here are a few pictures I took. They don't really do the colors justice though.