Me: With no races on the schedule for the fall, I was thinking it would be fun to go out for some long run or hike or something. . . maybe somewhere warm.
Mike: Yeah, me too. How 'bout the the White Rim Trail (103 miles) in Canyonlands National Park outside of Moab on mountain bikes . . . in a day?
Me: Uhhh, I haven't been riding my mountain bike at all and I'm kind of out of shape, but that sounds like fun. Why not?
10 days later:
