Hiking and Running Mount Olympus

Mt. Olympus (9,030 ft) is probably the hardest hike to do out of the hikes I have done. We gained 5,500+ feet of elevation when we got to the top. If you live in Salt Lake City, it's in the middle of Murray and Millcreek and you can see it from anywhere on the freeway. It has two rocky spines that face West. It's not the tallest summit, but it's one of the harder hikes to do. You will have a big work out and after you are finished you will be dead and want to sleep all weekend.  Getting to the top was 4.4 miles, it says 3.1, but on my watch, I got 4.4, so just give yourself some time to get up there and probably start early. I started at 945 and got to the top around 1230. Mount Olympus can be popular, when I went there wasn't a lot of people, maybe about 10 at the top, but everyone walks or runs different speeds. At 945 am it was kind of hot, but it was shaded most of the way up but you can feel the heat. Coming down the mountain the sun will be up at the top of the sky so you will be in direct sunlight the whole way down. Don't forget to bring sunscreen and of course a lot of water. We ran out of water coming down and we had a 2-liter backpack and 2 water bottles. Luckily we had 2 oranges coming down so we had some sort of liquid. I would definitely bring more water just in case. We sweat a lot so we drank too much coming up. 
It says theres a stream, but in the middle of summer, you won't ever see the stream.
Just to keep in mind, when you get to the saddle and start making the descent to the top, you will need to scramble on massive rocks with a photo of me climbing up the mountain. It's a harder scramble then most rocks that are on trails, you gotta be on all fours to make it up to the top.