11-28-2011
Mon-AM: 1:42, 3200' ~ Green Mt.
Holy shit, I actually completed a full run with the shin pain-free. Ran from home, up Gregory-Ranger (first time since before I broke my leg in June), down the NE Ridge/1st access and then home via Panorama Point and Eben G. Fine to avoid running downhill on pavement. Actually running uphill will definitely require a little retraining after all the hiking I've been doing, but all in all this run was incredibly satisfying, not to mention a balmy 50F at 7am and it's nearly December!
PM: 1:23, 2600' ~ Green Mt.
Up 3rd access and down 1st/2nd access. Gorgeous warm evening, but I was really bonking coming down the mountain. All hiking.
11-29-2011
Tue-AM: 1:44, 3200' ~ Green + Flagstaff Mt.
Up Amphi-Saddle Rock-Greenman and down NE Ridge-Greenman-Flagstaff-Eben G. Fine. Took a while for my legs to wake up but I was feeling great the 2nd half. All running!
PM: 1:19, 2600' ~ Green Mt.
Up and down 3rd access. Biked to Chat and then jogged the flatter stretches on the uphill tonight (maybe 30% of the climb) but hiked all the way down.
11-30-2011
Wed-AM: 2:00, 3000' ~ Green Mt.
Up back and down Bear Canyon. I think this was the first time I've been on the Green-Bear connector or the Bear Canyon Trail since March, so it was awesome to revisit my old haunts. Also the first time I've stretched out the legs on some extended flatter running (Bear Canyon and Mesa Trail) in a long time. Stellar weather, 50F at 7am.
PM: 1:06, 2600' ~ Green Mt.
Up and down 3rd access. Biked to Chat then jogged the flattish stuff on the way up but ran pretty much everything on the way down except for the initial super-icy stuff on upper Greenman. Awesome evening, perfectly still on the summit.
12-1-2011
Thu-AM: 1:44, 2800' ~ Green Mt.
Up 1st Saddle and down back w/ Scott, Homie and Bill. 6-10" of fresh snow on everything made the uphill a hiking slog and the downhill a glorious float. Awesome morning to be out.
PM: 1:55, 3000' ~ Green + Flagstaff Mt.
Up 1st Saddle and down Ranger to Flagstaff to Eben G. Fine. Quite a bit more snow than this morning--well over a foot total--so it was a good slog to the top. Really nice run down through all the fluff, though.
12-2-2011
Fri-AM: 2:00, 2800' ~ Green Mt.
Up back and down Greenman-Flagstaff-EGF. Incredibly beautiful morning with a deep blue sky and sun glinting off all the new snow. Great run.
PM: Flying to San Francisco.
12-2-2011
Sat- nothing, spectating the TNF50 in Marin.
12-3-2011
Sun-AM: :49, 1200' ~ Twin Peaks, San Francisco
Jogged easily from the Mission District to the top of this hill smack in the middle of San Fran. Some remarkably steep streets in SF.
PM: 1:50, 3200' ~ Green + Flag
Got off the bus from the airport in downtown Boulder at 5:40pm in heavily-falling snow and was back on the streets running towards the Gregory trailhead by 6:00pm. Up Amphi-SR-Greenman with a mix of running and hiking and down Ranger-Flagstaff-EGF (all running). Awesome run with really well-packed trails and an excellent cushion of 4-6" of fresh fluff. There was so much light from the city reflecting off the fresh snow that I barely needed a headlamp for the entire run.
Hours: 17h32min
Vert: 30,200'
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This is the best week of running that I've had since I first injured my shin way back in January/February of this year (~13hr total of actual running). I definitely still need to be careful with the shin as I could still feel it being a touch sore on my late evening run tonight, but with me essentially being drawn in the Hardrock lottery this morning I'm fully comfortable with the fact that simple power-hiking is very effective and specific training for what will certainly be the goal race of my summer.
Combined with the inspiring performances out in Marin on Saturday, my psych for the mountains and running is at an all-time high. I'm also really excited to seemingly have received more winter in Boulder in the past week than we had in the entirety of all of last year's winter season. The trails on Green Mt. are setting up excellently and tonight there was finally enough snow to make me comfortable with breaking out a brand-new pair of Microspikes (usually I don't want to risk unnecessarily dulling a fresh pair on trails with only spotty snow/ice coverage). I really hope to make it over to Fern Canyon this coming week for a few trips up what is sure to be a fantastic luge-like path.
Mon-AM: 1:42, 3200' ~ Green Mt.
Holy shit, I actually completed a full run with the shin pain-free. Ran from home, up Gregory-Ranger (first time since before I broke my leg in June), down the NE Ridge/1st access and then home via Panorama Point and Eben G. Fine to avoid running downhill on pavement. Actually running uphill will definitely require a little retraining after all the hiking I've been doing, but all in all this run was incredibly satisfying, not to mention a balmy 50F at 7am and it's nearly December!
PM: 1:23, 2600' ~ Green Mt.
Up 3rd access and down 1st/2nd access. Gorgeous warm evening, but I was really bonking coming down the mountain. All hiking.
11-29-2011
Tue-AM: 1:44, 3200' ~ Green + Flagstaff Mt.
Up Amphi-Saddle Rock-Greenman and down NE Ridge-Greenman-Flagstaff-Eben G. Fine. Took a while for my legs to wake up but I was feeling great the 2nd half. All running!
PM: 1:19, 2600' ~ Green Mt.
Up and down 3rd access. Biked to Chat and then jogged the flatter stretches on the uphill tonight (maybe 30% of the climb) but hiked all the way down.
11-30-2011
Wed-AM: 2:00, 3000' ~ Green Mt.
Up back and down Bear Canyon. I think this was the first time I've been on the Green-Bear connector or the Bear Canyon Trail since March, so it was awesome to revisit my old haunts. Also the first time I've stretched out the legs on some extended flatter running (Bear Canyon and Mesa Trail) in a long time. Stellar weather, 50F at 7am.
PM: 1:06, 2600' ~ Green Mt.
Up and down 3rd access. Biked to Chat then jogged the flattish stuff on the way up but ran pretty much everything on the way down except for the initial super-icy stuff on upper Greenman. Awesome evening, perfectly still on the summit.
12-1-2011
Thu-AM: 1:44, 2800' ~ Green Mt.
Up 1st Saddle and down back w/ Scott, Homie and Bill. 6-10" of fresh snow on everything made the uphill a hiking slog and the downhill a glorious float. Awesome morning to be out.
PM: 1:55, 3000' ~ Green + Flagstaff Mt.
Up 1st Saddle and down Ranger to Flagstaff to Eben G. Fine. Quite a bit more snow than this morning--well over a foot total--so it was a good slog to the top. Really nice run down through all the fluff, though.
12-2-2011
Fri-AM: 2:00, 2800' ~ Green Mt.
Up back and down Greenman-Flagstaff-EGF. Incredibly beautiful morning with a deep blue sky and sun glinting off all the new snow. Great run.
PM: Flying to San Francisco.
12-2-2011
Sat- nothing, spectating the TNF50 in Marin.
12-3-2011
Sun-AM: :49, 1200' ~ Twin Peaks, San Francisco
Jogged easily from the Mission District to the top of this hill smack in the middle of San Fran. Some remarkably steep streets in SF.
PM: 1:50, 3200' ~ Green + Flag
Got off the bus from the airport in downtown Boulder at 5:40pm in heavily-falling snow and was back on the streets running towards the Gregory trailhead by 6:00pm. Up Amphi-SR-Greenman with a mix of running and hiking and down Ranger-Flagstaff-EGF (all running). Awesome run with really well-packed trails and an excellent cushion of 4-6" of fresh fluff. There was so much light from the city reflecting off the fresh snow that I barely needed a headlamp for the entire run.
Hours: 17h32min
Vert: 30,200'
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This is the best week of running that I've had since I first injured my shin way back in January/February of this year (~13hr total of actual running). I definitely still need to be careful with the shin as I could still feel it being a touch sore on my late evening run tonight, but with me essentially being drawn in the Hardrock lottery this morning I'm fully comfortable with the fact that simple power-hiking is very effective and specific training for what will certainly be the goal race of my summer.
Combined with the inspiring performances out in Marin on Saturday, my psych for the mountains and running is at an all-time high. I'm also really excited to seemingly have received more winter in Boulder in the past week than we had in the entirety of all of last year's winter season. The trails on Green Mt. are setting up excellently and tonight there was finally enough snow to make me comfortable with breaking out a brand-new pair of Microspikes (usually I don't want to risk unnecessarily dulling a fresh pair on trails with only spotty snow/ice coverage). I really hope to make it over to Fern Canyon this coming week for a few trips up what is sure to be a fantastic luge-like path.
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| Thursday morning Green summit in a blizzard. Photo: Scott Jurek. |
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| Thursday evening, in a cloud. |
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| Divide alpenglow. |
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| Friday morning. |
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| Red Rocks and Mt. Sanitas. My abode is just out of frame on the lower right. |
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