Hill Runs behind the Hotel

I'm off the Hamster Wheel!! Ok at least for today I am, hopefully the light will hold so I can run the hills around me a few more times. By Hills i mean canyon walls. The hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suites in Green River, Wyoming. To give a shout a great spot if you're out here. But the topo map of the area looks like this . So the map location isn't correct but the hotel is basically the intersection of I-80 and White Mountain Road.
I've done the East side of the Canyon and plan to run it again(right side of the map) but today i decided to handle the West side and i took pictures because the view is pretty spectacular. I will give a disclaimer that I am not a photographer, and I'll do better next time. The first shot is the view from the start, I started and ended at the same spot to try and keep it consistent. The start/finish is in the dark because i cut my runs short outdoors here due to darkness and wild animals out in the hills here. My Run went straight at the hotel, and up the hill to the left, it's only a 200 foot climb at first with the second climb being closer to 300 feet.

After the first climb I stopped for a bit to take a shot of what it looks like since I'm not talented enough with a camera to capture the elevation change. The hotel is right below and you can see I-80 and then past it the town of Green River, Wyoming.

After this the run involved circling the two spires behind the hotel and then heading up to the 6600' peak and then the 6800' peak.

After much running, struggling, some sprinting and raw exertion I hit the closer end of the 6800' peak, stopped and took a picture of the town. You can see the hotel in the center middle and Green River in the distance. I ran another 2 minutes up the hill, lost the light and turned around. It's definitely a great run and I look forward to going further when the sun stays up longer.

Either way I think this embodies the spirit of primal, find a hill or something and run up it. Gotta do it again and see more because the views are stunning

Update for the middle of February, i think

So it's been a while since I've posted, honestly I think my last post was Christmas~ish. So it could be that I've stopped running, which i did for a week and change when i realized I'm allergic to the state of Wyoming, but its more because I haven't run anywhere interesting.
Right now I'm in Louisiana, much warmer than Wyoming, and even Maryland, but well, the hotels in quite possibly the worst part of town so running outside is out. However the treadmill has been my friend for the last week and a half. Otherwise though it's been race planning. For anyone interested, below are my current races, hopefully.

• New York City Marathon(2nd attempt)
• Marine Corp Marathon(hopefully, registration opens 4/1)
• Peachtree Roadrace(again if i can register in time)
• Bourbon Chase, the first one I'm already registered for
• Covered Bridges in VT

Seeing that I'm only registered for 1/5 and 3 of them require some luck and setting a dozen reminders I'm looking for a few more. Ideally 1-2 marathons this upcoming fall and a tri late August.. any thoughts?

happy running and if we get out of work early enough next week in Wyoming I'll do some mountain runs and take pictures.