Training Log Archive: bigginsIn the 7 days ending May 7, 2005:
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Saturday May 7, 2005 #
run 45:00 [3] 4.0 mi (11:15 / mi)
temescal canyon. this place is a lot steeper than I remember. it got trashed by the mudslides this winter, lots of huge holes. a couple minivan sized rocks on the trail, which is a little dicey when the hill is steep and the trail is only 3ft wide.
Friday May 6, 2005 #
road bike 1:10:00 [3] 18.0 mi (15.4 mph)
Wednesday May 4, 2005 #
run 34:44 [3] 4.1 mi (8:28 / mi)
ahr:152
home late from work. mmm summer in LA, the air is already humid and dirty.
Tuesday May 3, 2005 #
soccer 1:00:00 [3]
hot
Monday May 2, 2005 #
run 46:07 [3] 5.9 mi (7:49 / mi)
ahr:158
Sunday May 1, 2005 #
hiking 2:00:00 [2] 6.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
They just cleared the mudslides on the road along the crest of the San Gabriels (at least part of it), so I drove to the end of what they cleared to take a look. Was planning on a 16 mile/5 peak loop up pretty high (9k+) on the PCT, but I only got about 1/2 mile up the trail to where it cut across to the north side of the mountain and still had about 4' of rock hard icy snow on it (at a 45 degree sideslope or so). No one had broken the trail at all (the road had been closed since fall), so it was nowhere in sight. Would have been cake in crampons, but not so easy in running shoes...
Bailed back down to the parking lot, and went up Mt Williamson on the other side of the road. The south facing slope was completly dry. It curved around north into the snow a few times, but it was patchy enough that you could get around it. Up on the ridge there was a nice flat cornice that you could run along the top of, so I tried to follow that down to the next peak on the ridge, but got stopped after about a mile when the ridge dropped down a steep snow slope into a saddle. Another one I didn't feel like doing in running shoes. I guess we had a better snow year than I thought.
Properly defeated, I took a siesta on the summit and went home. Standing glissade 1500ft straight down through open pine forest is pretty sick. Will have to come back with real gear before it all melts, there were some gullies on the other side of the road that looked like they'd be really fun to climb.
Bailed back down to the parking lot, and went up Mt Williamson on the other side of the road. The south facing slope was completly dry. It curved around north into the snow a few times, but it was patchy enough that you could get around it. Up on the ridge there was a nice flat cornice that you could run along the top of, so I tried to follow that down to the next peak on the ridge, but got stopped after about a mile when the ridge dropped down a steep snow slope into a saddle. Another one I didn't feel like doing in running shoes. I guess we had a better snow year than I thought.
Properly defeated, I took a siesta on the summit and went home. Standing glissade 1500ft straight down through open pine forest is pretty sick. Will have to come back with real gear before it all melts, there were some gullies on the other side of the road that looked like they'd be really fun to climb.