Mandeville Canyon Buddy Run with Dad

This week I am in LA while Natalie has come down to film in West Hollywood. For my buddy run I decided to invite Dad on one of our old runs through the canyon we used to do every Wednesday when I lived here. Also the dogs came along and I tried letting rhea off the leash in the canyon for the first time. SO CUTE! We hiked up the canyon about 30 minuts. Then I ran the fire roads, in the past I have struggled on these, and this time I totally kicked the canyons butt, or hills I should say. I really did feel pleased with my hill training after realizing how far I had come today. Poor little rhea quit on me halfway up the hill but jumped back in on my way down. It was so nice to run on soft dirt, be in warm weather and just be back in LA. The run wasn't necessarily a long one (like 3 miles or so) but the hike up and back down was about an hour and a pretty consistently intense incline/decline, so I felt the strength training aspect for the day also.