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NATRA Picture Canyon Run

19 runners from Phoenix, Sedona, Flagstaff, the Village of Oak Creek, and as far away as San Antonio ran anywhere from 5.5 to 7 miles on today's adventure on the Aeries/Cockscomb  loop. 

While it was a chilly start, the sun warmed us up quickly ahead of the next snowstorm. 

Along the way we ran into the Red Rocks trail crew of the U.S. Forest Service - Coconino National Forest and thanked them and their hard working volunteers who were maintaining the Aires trail.

As the run started at the site of our annual NATRA aid station at the Feb 3rd RunSedona Half Marathon, we had a lot of laughs discussing our chosen theme. If you'd like to volunteer, sign up at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZMFXPLY

The real treat came after the run when Liane hosted a traditional Mexican celebration of the Day of the Three Kings brunch. Runners enjoyed a spicy menudo, sweet tamale casserole, seared Ahi tuna, oatmeal raisin cookies, Mexican hot chocolate, coffee and Rosco De Reyes sweetbread. 

Indira was the big winner, since she was the first to find a plastic Baby Jesus in her slice of bread. As the brunch lasted 30 minutes longer than the run, we consumed way more calories than we burned.

On the return up I-17, we curiously noted thin wet white stripes in the passing lane. Sure enough, when we reached the rim, we passed an ADOT sprayer putting salt on the highway ahead of the storm. 

Next week, join us as we head back to Sedona and run to Chicken Point and Submarine Rock. For all the details visit natra.org and click on next run.

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Neil Weintraub

NATRA Aeries/Cockscomb Loop

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