04-09-2012
Mon-AM: 1:00, 2600' ~ Green Mt.
Up and down 3rd access. Biked to Chat and mixed hiking and running to the summit before running all the way back down. Rolled my left ankle hard (it audibly popped) a couple minutes away from Chat. Minor swelling, didn't seem too bad. Shin felt very solid.
04-10-2012
Tue-AM: 1:31, 3000' ~ 2nd Flatiron+Green Mt.
Ran to Chat and the base of the 2nd with Joe. Scrambled the 2nd before continuing to the summit and descending Gman-SR-Amphi and running all the way back to Pearl St. The 1010s were fantastic on the scrambling--surprisingly sticky outsole, almost like some approach shoes. Really solid outing but my ankle was a total liability on tech trail and I actually kinda re-rolled it a bit on Greenman which was really not ideal. Totally fine on smooth trail or pavement but I have zero technical descending ability right now with it. Soaked it in the creek afterwards for 10min; yesterday was definitely the worst I've ever rolled an ankle.
PM: 1:15, 2200' ~ 2 x 2nd Flatiron
Hiked from Chat w/ Joe before scrambling two laps on Flattie2 in the 1010s. We downclimbed the face in between before heading down the trail after the second one. Not true summits because we didn't scale the Pullman Car either time--not skilled enough to solo that.
04-11-2012
Wed-AM: 1:48, 3500' ~ SoBo & Bear Peak
Started in Eldo with Joe, up the back way to Fowler and Eldo Canyon trail before cutting up the backside of SoBo via some fellcrossing/goat action. Popped out a bit south of the ultimate summit, which made for some spicy scrambling to reach the apex. Tagged Bear before descending Shadow Canyon and Old Mesa back to Eldo. All running except for the 32min of interpretive route to the SoBo summit. Hugely encouraging outing for the shin.
PM: 1:12, 3000' ~ Green Mt.
Hiking from Chat with Joe, up and down the 3rd access. Little rollers on this route add a couple hundred feet of vert apparently. Quite a hard effort on the uphill.
04-12-2012
Thu-AM: 1:07, 3000' ~ Green Mt.+9min barefoot
Up 3rd access, down 1st Saddle with Joe. All running except for the obvious stuff on the way up. Overnight precip precluded any Flattie scrambling, so I put in a solid but fatigued 36:49 effort to the summit. After waiting for Joe on top we descended to Gregory in 17:08 before jogging back over to Chat for a 57:50 roundtrip (obviously not including our time sitting on the summit). My gimpy ankle was cause for some significant caution on the descent, so the roundtrip can definitely go much more quickly with healthy limbs and a sprint back across the Chautauqua meadow.
PM: 1:02, 3000' ~ 2nd Flatiron+Green Mt.
Ran/hiked from Chat to the base of the 2nd, scrambled the 2nd (to the walk-off) in 9:20, then continued on to the summit at a hard pace for a 39min ascent. Was feeling some good flow on the way down and made it back to Chat with a 23min descent by coming down the same way (but taking the trail down instead of downclimbing the 2nd). My altimeter shows this (and this morning's) run as 3100' efforts, but an even 3000' seems fair.
04-13-2012
Fri-AM: 1:18, 2800' ~ Green Mt.
Up 1st Saddle, down GSA. Ran from Pearl St and only hiked from the top of Amphi to the summit. 18:30 descent on the standard trails, but still need to be a bit careful with the ankle.
PM: 1:02, 3000' ~ 2nd Flatiron+Green Mt.
Very nice evening outing, scrambled the 2nd in 8:55; pushed pretty hard hiking on the uphill (38min from Chat) but didn't have a ton of energy.
04-14-2012
Sat-AM: 1:35, 3500' ~ SoBo & Bear Peaks
From the South Mesa TH I went up Towhee and Shadow before descending Fern and Bluestem. Lethargic 49min ascent of SoBo but then I had a snappy 12:10 descent of Fern (summitpost to canyon mouth posts); it's been a reeeeaally long time since I've run down Fern in dry conditions.
PM: 1:07, 3000' ~ 2nd Flatiron+Green Mt.
Was quite tired this evening, so I just took it easy up the hill and on the scramble, 42min from Chat. Chilly on the summit with snow visible above 8800' or so. Descended Greenman-SR-Amphi.
04-15-2012
Sun-AM: 1:36, 2800' ~ Green Mt.
Up Gregory-Ranger and down 2nd Flatiron from Pearl Street. Legs were less tired but the 3-4" of fresh snow up high slowed things down considerably. Nice to take today easy, consolidate some fitness/health gains.
Hours: 15h33
Vert: 35,800'
This week was the most healthy the shin has felt in over a year. More on that here. The goal/hope for the rest of April will just be to basically repeat this past week, but with maybe mixing in more real running on the uphills (I feel like I've lost some strength/efficiency there). There's no need for an increase in volume. Especially not an increase in vert.
Sunday morning spring snow:
Mon-AM: 1:00, 2600' ~ Green Mt.
Up and down 3rd access. Biked to Chat and mixed hiking and running to the summit before running all the way back down. Rolled my left ankle hard (it audibly popped) a couple minutes away from Chat. Minor swelling, didn't seem too bad. Shin felt very solid.
04-10-2012
Tue-AM: 1:31, 3000' ~ 2nd Flatiron+Green Mt.
Ran to Chat and the base of the 2nd with Joe. Scrambled the 2nd before continuing to the summit and descending Gman-SR-Amphi and running all the way back to Pearl St. The 1010s were fantastic on the scrambling--surprisingly sticky outsole, almost like some approach shoes. Really solid outing but my ankle was a total liability on tech trail and I actually kinda re-rolled it a bit on Greenman which was really not ideal. Totally fine on smooth trail or pavement but I have zero technical descending ability right now with it. Soaked it in the creek afterwards for 10min; yesterday was definitely the worst I've ever rolled an ankle.
PM: 1:15, 2200' ~ 2 x 2nd Flatiron
Hiked from Chat w/ Joe before scrambling two laps on Flattie2 in the 1010s. We downclimbed the face in between before heading down the trail after the second one. Not true summits because we didn't scale the Pullman Car either time--not skilled enough to solo that.
04-11-2012
Wed-AM: 1:48, 3500' ~ SoBo & Bear Peak
Started in Eldo with Joe, up the back way to Fowler and Eldo Canyon trail before cutting up the backside of SoBo via some fellcrossing/goat action. Popped out a bit south of the ultimate summit, which made for some spicy scrambling to reach the apex. Tagged Bear before descending Shadow Canyon and Old Mesa back to Eldo. All running except for the 32min of interpretive route to the SoBo summit. Hugely encouraging outing for the shin.
PM: 1:12, 3000' ~ Green Mt.
Hiking from Chat with Joe, up and down the 3rd access. Little rollers on this route add a couple hundred feet of vert apparently. Quite a hard effort on the uphill.
04-12-2012
Thu-AM: 1:07, 3000' ~ Green Mt.+9min barefoot
Up 3rd access, down 1st Saddle with Joe. All running except for the obvious stuff on the way up. Overnight precip precluded any Flattie scrambling, so I put in a solid but fatigued 36:49 effort to the summit. After waiting for Joe on top we descended to Gregory in 17:08 before jogging back over to Chat for a 57:50 roundtrip (obviously not including our time sitting on the summit). My gimpy ankle was cause for some significant caution on the descent, so the roundtrip can definitely go much more quickly with healthy limbs and a sprint back across the Chautauqua meadow.
PM: 1:02, 3000' ~ 2nd Flatiron+Green Mt.
Ran/hiked from Chat to the base of the 2nd, scrambled the 2nd (to the walk-off) in 9:20, then continued on to the summit at a hard pace for a 39min ascent. Was feeling some good flow on the way down and made it back to Chat with a 23min descent by coming down the same way (but taking the trail down instead of downclimbing the 2nd). My altimeter shows this (and this morning's) run as 3100' efforts, but an even 3000' seems fair.
04-13-2012
Fri-AM: 1:18, 2800' ~ Green Mt.
Up 1st Saddle, down GSA. Ran from Pearl St and only hiked from the top of Amphi to the summit. 18:30 descent on the standard trails, but still need to be a bit careful with the ankle.
PM: 1:02, 3000' ~ 2nd Flatiron+Green Mt.
Very nice evening outing, scrambled the 2nd in 8:55; pushed pretty hard hiking on the uphill (38min from Chat) but didn't have a ton of energy.
04-14-2012
Sat-AM: 1:35, 3500' ~ SoBo & Bear Peaks
From the South Mesa TH I went up Towhee and Shadow before descending Fern and Bluestem. Lethargic 49min ascent of SoBo but then I had a snappy 12:10 descent of Fern (summitpost to canyon mouth posts); it's been a reeeeaally long time since I've run down Fern in dry conditions.
PM: 1:07, 3000' ~ 2nd Flatiron+Green Mt.
Was quite tired this evening, so I just took it easy up the hill and on the scramble, 42min from Chat. Chilly on the summit with snow visible above 8800' or so. Descended Greenman-SR-Amphi.
04-15-2012
Sun-AM: 1:36, 2800' ~ Green Mt.
Up Gregory-Ranger and down 2nd Flatiron from Pearl Street. Legs were less tired but the 3-4" of fresh snow up high slowed things down considerably. Nice to take today easy, consolidate some fitness/health gains.
Hours: 15h33
Vert: 35,800'
This week was the most healthy the shin has felt in over a year. More on that here. The goal/hope for the rest of April will just be to basically repeat this past week, but with maybe mixing in more real running on the uphills (I feel like I've lost some strength/efficiency there). There's no need for an increase in volume. Especially not an increase in vert.
Sunday morning spring snow:
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| Chautauqua. |
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| Ranger Trail. |
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| #92 this year, #623 all-time. |
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| Third Flatiron and Jaws. |
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