Got a pair of trail shoes today (Asic Attacks). Went up to Benny Creek trail and got in just over 1/2 mile when a mighty thunder buster hit. The trail is steep and when wet it gets pretty dangerous so being alone I thought it would be safe to return to the car before I ended up broken and stranded miles from home all alone. I drove back down the canyon, went to the house and changed tires (Brooks Launchs) and headed out on the road. Ran up Elk Ridge and back down along the orchards to my house. I went from 68 degrees and heavy rain up Payson Canyon to 1,000 degrees and sunny running up Elk Ranch Road. Quite a change in elements. All in all a nice run. Not real fast but some good ups and downs. | 