Training Log Archive: erin tripp

a fast 5 miles up LHC. sometimes it just feels good to run short, but fast...

VERY fun day exploring more of the Caribou area - this time, Como Chasm, as well as upper portions of Four Mile Creek. A great route, parts of which were totally new to me:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2119702786

Legs still a bit tired from the 30 miles with Andy Thursday. I ran much of today, but definitely walked the hills.

Botany in bloom, everywhere....

end of day hike with MA and Berlin up on the 'new to us' trail behind kristin's old house.... a big network up there that i know little about.

Awesomely fun, 4-summit day with Andy in the Mummy Range. Tough to pull off though, given MA and I got back from camping late last night...

Still: up at 2:55 am, backing out of driveway at 3:10am. Met Andy @ Dunraven Trailhead, and we were moving by 5am.

Up North Fork of the Big Thompson to Happily Lost Campground. From there, most of the rest of the day was off trail (that's right: >50% of our 30 miles were offtrail, which makes this a VERY FINE THURSDAY).

The climb up Mt Dickinson (Summit 1) was pretty intense: 2,300 feet in barely over 1 mile. Complete with several hundred feet of bushwhacking, which I loved a lot. The winds were brutal on the way up. We nearly called it quits, but decided to push onto summit 2 in hopes of improved conditions.

Up and over a couple of unnamed bumpes to Mt Dunraven (Summit 2). Still windy, but we found some shelter next to a rock. Thought we make final call down below Dunraven and in between Mummy/Hagues Saddle while filling watter. Down there, the winds tapered.

We headed up to summit of Mummy Mtn (Summit 3). A fun climb that included about 1200 ft gain from the saddle. Ate a bit of food and enjoyed the still calming winds.

Headed back down to saddle then made the traverse over to Hagues Peak (Summit 4, and the highest peak in Larimer County). Very rocky on the ascent but all very tolerable and for some of us, even fun!

Descended just above the headwaters of the North Fork of the Big Thompson all the way to finally joining the trail at Lost Lake. Rode this one 10 miles back to the parking lot, where we arrived 11hrs and 45mins after our pre-dawn start.

Ate plenty, drank plenty, felt good all day... prob because there was more hiking than running. Even my legs felt great after 30 miles and nearly 10k gain. Strange...

There are spectacular views of so many different mountain ranges from this vantage, from the Never Summers to the Zirkels, the entirety of ROMO and the Front Range, and all those high peaks that start up near I-70. And then there is the equally spectacular view of Rowe Glacier Lake - the third highest lake in the United States...

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/2969104348

Map is approximate. Distance and elevation reflect readings on Andy's Garmin and thus are +/- accurate.

Hiking with MA and Berlin in a very special (new to us) portion of Colorado...South Fork Campground, up Darling Creek Trail. Didn't see a soul all day. This is on the western edge of Byer's Peak Wilderness.

MA, Berlin and I found a superb dirt road (with nobody on it) to explore during our morning run. We even got some hill climbing in the mix! Moffat County....

Morning run with MA and Berlin in Moffat County... in Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge. Right from our campsite, which was beautiful and awesome!!