Grand Canyon Adventure Run

Two days after Ironman Arizona Susan and I went for a little run in the Grand Canyon. We ran from the South Rim to the Colorado River at the bottom and back. The total distance was about 15 miles.


We left at 5am in the morning. Our flight left Phoenix at 8pm that night meaning we needed to leave the Grand Canyon by 2pm.


The early morning start gave us a chance to see the sunrise from down in the canyon. The colors changed as the landscape flooded with sunlight.


We saw a couple dozen deer in and around the canyon....here is a video of one little Bambi we encountered.

When we got to the river at the very bottom we were hanging out on a nice little beach. I had a surprise for Susan....I proposed to her. Fortunately for me she said yes!




The trip back up gave us a chance to further enjoy the flora and fauna that this beautiful park has to offer.


Susan had commented on the way down that the people hiking up looked tired...and she learned why.

If you ever get a chance to visit it I highly recommend the rim-to-river-to-rim. It is much easier than the rim-to-rim-to-rim that I did last fall. The video for that is here.

The best part of this trip was the chance to spend some quality time with Susan. It is easy to get caught up in the Type A/Competitive mentality of triathlon racing. I highly recommend if this is you to remember that adventures don't have to have a clock running and final ranking place.