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Sunday Sep 4, 2011 #
7 AM
Run race 2:35:13 [4] 13.52 mi (11:29 / mi) +4310ft 8:49 / mi
shoes: Mizuno Elixer
Next adventure: Breck Crest Half Marathon. Woke up a little later than I meant to so no time to cook anything for breakfast. No coffee :-( Sore glutes and quads. Frost on my tent/car. I just drank a liter of gatorade on the way to the start. The plan was to push myself but not too hard since I can only take that about twice a year.
The road section went fairly quickly. As soon as we turned on the trail I started walking the steeper pitches even though I seemed to the be the only one doing that and a ton of people passed me. By the mile 4.5 aid station I think most everyone that was going to pass me had passed me. I continued to walk all the steep pitches and then I walked everything except downhill above treeline. Enjoyed the views instead of really pushing. The top of the race was just before the mi 7 aid station. 1:49 to the aid station. Here most people turned to do the marathon. Next year. I ate an entire package of shot blocks and drank 40oz of water on the way up. From mi 7 to 11 it was steep descending on a rocky road that I would not take my car up if my life depended on it. I just bombed down it and passed a ton of people. I put 10+min on the people I passed near the top. There was at last one mile under 7min in there. I thought I had a shot at going under 2:30 until mile 11. At mile 11 the trail switched to twisty turny singletrack that was not 100% downhill so I relaxed a little bit and slowed down.
The winning woman was 2:22 (13min ahead) and I was 2nd in my age group and 4th women. I suppose that's a new half marathon pr by 1:12 since the only one I've done before is Pikes. I'm thinking I could take another hour off if I run a flat lower altitude course.
Awesome awesome weekend and I still have another day. I'll be too sore to do much but I will cheer on my friends running the adt marathon.
The road section went fairly quickly. As soon as we turned on the trail I started walking the steeper pitches even though I seemed to the be the only one doing that and a ton of people passed me. By the mile 4.5 aid station I think most everyone that was going to pass me had passed me. I continued to walk all the steep pitches and then I walked everything except downhill above treeline. Enjoyed the views instead of really pushing. The top of the race was just before the mi 7 aid station. 1:49 to the aid station. Here most people turned to do the marathon. Next year. I ate an entire package of shot blocks and drank 40oz of water on the way up. From mi 7 to 11 it was steep descending on a rocky road that I would not take my car up if my life depended on it. I just bombed down it and passed a ton of people. I put 10+min on the people I passed near the top. There was at last one mile under 7min in there. I thought I had a shot at going under 2:30 until mile 11. At mile 11 the trail switched to twisty turny singletrack that was not 100% downhill so I relaxed a little bit and slowed down.
The winning woman was 2:22 (13min ahead) and I was 2nd in my age group and 4th women. I suppose that's a new half marathon pr by 1:12 since the only one I've done before is Pikes. I'm thinking I could take another hour off if I run a flat lower altitude course.
Awesome awesome weekend and I still have another day. I'll be too sore to do much but I will cheer on my friends running the adt marathon.
Saturday Sep 3, 2011 #
9 AM
Hike 4:22:00 [1] 10.06 mi (26:03 / mi) +7400ft 15:21 / mi
shoes: 1st Pair - Saucony Guide 2
1st crazy thing of the weekend. Friday, drove to Crestone to camp with three ultrarunner guys I'd never met before. I did "know" one through a tri forum and have read the other's blog enough to know they weren't creepy.
Then Saturday we hiked 5mi along the "alternate approach to Mt Adams" to South Crestone Lake. We hiked at a pace I could handle fairly easily since 2 of the guys raced leadville 2 weeks ago and the third paced for 50mi. The guys hiked around and up a little more; I just swam to the island in the middle of the lake and back.
It was awesome. Exceeded expectations. Beautiful scenery, great company, plenty of exercise.
Then onwards for me. I headed toward Breckenridge and camped by myself near the Mt Quandry trailhead...
Then Saturday we hiked 5mi along the "alternate approach to Mt Adams" to South Crestone Lake. We hiked at a pace I could handle fairly easily since 2 of the guys raced leadville 2 weeks ago and the third paced for 50mi. The guys hiked around and up a little more; I just swam to the island in the middle of the lake and back.
It was awesome. Exceeded expectations. Beautiful scenery, great company, plenty of exercise.
Then onwards for me. I headed toward Breckenridge and camped by myself near the Mt Quandry trailhead...
Thursday Sep 1, 2011 #
Note
2nd long work day in a row. 11.5 hours today. Its fall busy season. Working hard so I can actually have a 3 day weekend. Lots of possibilities for an adventurous weekend.
Monday Aug 29, 2011 #
6 PM
Run 53:06 [1] 5.51 mi (9:38 / mi) +872ft 8:23 / mi
shoes: Saucony Mirage
I love my trinity brewing co social runs. Slow and chatty today.