9-5-2011
Mon-AM: 5:20, 4100' - James Peak (13,294')
Hiked up from the East Portal TH with Jocelyn. Perfect weather day. Longest day I've spent on my leg since I broke it and everything seemed to hold up just fine.
9-6-2011
Tue-AM: 1:13, 3200' - Slab+Bear Peak
Biked to the Cragmoor TH to meet Buzz where we ran up to the base of the Slab for a scramble lap on that before he headed back down and I marched up Fern to tag the summit. Overcast, gloomy day made for perfect conditions. Ran the ~1.5mi back down to the trailhead, too, from the mouth of Fern Canyon.
9-7-2011
Wed-AM: 1:26, 2800' - Green Mt.
Up and down the front. Raining, crisp morning made for awesome weather and meant I had the mountain all to myself for my first real run since I broke my leg back in June. Ran every step door-summit-door with no ill effects. So good to be back. The cool weather down here made it feel like it had to be snowing up in the high country.
9-8-2011
Thu-AM: 1:35, 2800' - Green Mt.
Up Flattie2, down Ranger-Flag. Another morning with awesome conditions and an incredible sunrise. All of yesterday's rain made the trail super-tacky and fast. Nice descending Flag to EGF Park as it leaves me with only a couple blocks of pavement.
9-9-2011
Fri-AM: 1:46, 3200' - Green Mt.
Up Flattie2, down Greenman-Gregory and then an extra ~500' bop up Flagstaff trail and down to Viewpoint and EGF to avoid pavement on the way home.
PM: 1:40, 1700' - Slab (hiking/climbing)
Jocelyn and I started from Cragmoor (she was running). I hiked hard up to the Slab, changed shoes, and soloed it before hiking back down. Climb took a bit longer than I'd planned because I got a good bit off route and into some slightly steeper terrain than I'd anticipated.
9-10-2011
Sat-AM: 1:38, 2800' - Green Mt.
Up Amp-SR-Gman, down Gman to Flagstaff and EGF. Another awesome fall morning. Had nice footwork on the way down.
9-11-2011
Sun-AM: 1:10, 1100' - Betasso Preserve
Ran super easy with Jocelyn and Jen checking out these trails. Cool area but mt. bike trails are too smooth and flat.
Hours: 15h49
Vert: 21,700'
Really great week getting back on the trails and getting into regular running again. Other than James Peak, there were only a couple other hours of hiking this week, making for ~8hrs of running. This next week will be quite a bit more subdued because of a bunch of traveling I'll be doing, but that will probably be a good thing just to ensure that I don't ramp up too quickly.
Right now my fibula feels absolutely perfect, but as I was afraid way back in June (the day I broke my leg, one of the first things I said to Jocelyn was, "I just hope I don't take three months off and then still have this posterior tibial tendonitis") the tendonitis in my shin is definitely still there a little bit. Part of me is borderline defeatingly frustrated with it while another part is confident that with appropriate therapy and rehab I'll get it completely healed this time...I mean, I just took three months off! So, we'll see, but this next week will be easier either way.
Mon-AM: 5:20, 4100' - James Peak (13,294')
Hiked up from the East Portal TH with Jocelyn. Perfect weather day. Longest day I've spent on my leg since I broke it and everything seemed to hold up just fine.
9-6-2011
Tue-AM: 1:13, 3200' - Slab+Bear Peak
Biked to the Cragmoor TH to meet Buzz where we ran up to the base of the Slab for a scramble lap on that before he headed back down and I marched up Fern to tag the summit. Overcast, gloomy day made for perfect conditions. Ran the ~1.5mi back down to the trailhead, too, from the mouth of Fern Canyon.
9-7-2011
Wed-AM: 1:26, 2800' - Green Mt.
Up and down the front. Raining, crisp morning made for awesome weather and meant I had the mountain all to myself for my first real run since I broke my leg back in June. Ran every step door-summit-door with no ill effects. So good to be back. The cool weather down here made it feel like it had to be snowing up in the high country.
9-8-2011
Thu-AM: 1:35, 2800' - Green Mt.
Up Flattie2, down Ranger-Flag. Another morning with awesome conditions and an incredible sunrise. All of yesterday's rain made the trail super-tacky and fast. Nice descending Flag to EGF Park as it leaves me with only a couple blocks of pavement.
9-9-2011
Fri-AM: 1:46, 3200' - Green Mt.
Up Flattie2, down Greenman-Gregory and then an extra ~500' bop up Flagstaff trail and down to Viewpoint and EGF to avoid pavement on the way home.
PM: 1:40, 1700' - Slab (hiking/climbing)
Jocelyn and I started from Cragmoor (she was running). I hiked hard up to the Slab, changed shoes, and soloed it before hiking back down. Climb took a bit longer than I'd planned because I got a good bit off route and into some slightly steeper terrain than I'd anticipated.
9-10-2011
Sat-AM: 1:38, 2800' - Green Mt.
Up Amp-SR-Gman, down Gman to Flagstaff and EGF. Another awesome fall morning. Had nice footwork on the way down.
9-11-2011
Sun-AM: 1:10, 1100' - Betasso Preserve
Ran super easy with Jocelyn and Jen checking out these trails. Cool area but mt. bike trails are too smooth and flat.
Hours: 15h49
Vert: 21,700'
Really great week getting back on the trails and getting into regular running again. Other than James Peak, there were only a couple other hours of hiking this week, making for ~8hrs of running. This next week will be quite a bit more subdued because of a bunch of traveling I'll be doing, but that will probably be a good thing just to ensure that I don't ramp up too quickly.
Right now my fibula feels absolutely perfect, but as I was afraid way back in June (the day I broke my leg, one of the first things I said to Jocelyn was, "I just hope I don't take three months off and then still have this posterior tibial tendonitis") the tendonitis in my shin is definitely still there a little bit. Part of me is borderline defeatingly frustrated with it while another part is confident that with appropriate therapy and rehab I'll get it completely healed this time...I mean, I just took three months off! So, we'll see, but this next week will be easier either way.
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| Rogers Pass with James Peak. |
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| Continental Divide, looking north. |
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| Flatties sunrise. |
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| Green summit. |
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