Training Log Archive: erin tripp

Intended for a very short jog to Lee Hill (road) jct, mostly to give legs a stretch, but continued on up to Lee Hill summit via Five Points (Sunshine Saddle). 1/2 trail, 1/2 pavement. Warm and lovely outside today...

up to cocktail rock and back with vanessa and brian, andrea and julia. beautiful day!

Long's Peak with Matt. Rather impromptu. We had our first (very light) snows the morning before, so thought we'd wait to see if the skies cleared as predicted. They did, so we hit the trail walking at 11:15.

Our route: a very non-traditional one via the southern coulior. Started at Sandbeach Lake Trailhead (sandbeach lake = WOW!), and after spotting a beautiful Cooper's Hawk near the trailhead with a couple of hikers, Matt and I didn't see a soul. Had the entire assent... AND THE SUMMIT (on a Saturday!) to ourselves. Of course, that could be because we didn't reach the summit until 5 pm. Oh well, not a cloud in the sky. The summit was vast, flat, and rocky. Reminded me of a tepui....albeit a very dry one.

Minimal ice on coulior ascent (but we brought the ax just in case), but a fair amt of snow on the descent, between summit and keyhole. (We went down the 'standard' route, to see something new.... the landscape was so very lunar!). On said descent, I shared a long, close encounter with a pair of brown-capped rosy finches... my new favorite bird--a near endemic to Colorado.

Last 2 hrs hiking were in the dark. Met a pair of kind souls just before parking lot and hitched a ride back to our car, ca. 5 miles. 11:15 - 8:55 pm in total, including several stops.

My first 14er in Colorado. Felt great the entire way but couldn't eat much when I got home.

Very little botany... most of it past, except for the common people.

80 pushups, 80 situps, 30 pullups, some curls, not much else. another very busy day.

cold and wet - running in the clouds again! up to top of nugget hill. long pants and long shirt. tis the season. snow flurries tonight....

no time for exercise today. managed to squeeze in 'the daily mile' (or, two) come day's end. 1 mi downhilll to confluence, then 1 up. 366 days ago, that intersection was completely full, canyon wall to canyon wall, with a raging floodwater.

cycle in/out of work. went in quite early (departure @ 6 am) and the skies were dark and stormy and eerie and lovely. felt the world was still asleep when i reached. love these kinds of mornings.

ride home was also perfectly fine. on the cool side. head down focused on a precious hour of thought. my time...

tennis with emily... not my best showing. DAMN i need to take lessons.

fast jog (or so it felt... had to deal with several stops owing to dumb robots [stoplights, namibian lingo], but....) from work up to NoBo.

Violet Ave, to be precise.