Double Mesa (PR)

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Started at 6:18 am. Ran fairly comfortably from Chautauqua to South Mesa, except for the uphills, which never seem comfortable. Was hoping to be closer to an hour, despite not pushing too hard, due to my fitness (which is pretty good right now, I think). Clearly, though, it takes a really solid effort for me to get under an hour for the Mesa. Ran into Jennifer F just north of Bear Canyon on the way south. Given my time at South Mesa and how I was feeling, I thought breaking 2:10 was probably out of the question. Tried to run a little harder on the return. When I crossed Skunk Creek, I knew I had a chance at 2:10, so I pushed pretty hard. Nearly crashed hard in here but recovered without going down. Finished strong, psyched to have run fairly even splits for the out and back.

0:00 - Chautauqua
6:35 - turn from road onto trail
20:12 - Skunk Creek
24:34 - turn from trail onto Bear Canyon road
31:18 - turn from Bear Canyon road onto trail
35:27 - Mesa/North Shanahan
40:38 - Mesa/South Shanahan
44:29 - Mesa/Bluestem
48:54 - high point starting the descent (some rocks/logs in/by the trail)
1:03:45 - South Mesa TH
1:12:24 - Mesa/Bluestem (lower junction)
1:26:19 - high point atop the climb
1:30:01 - Mesa/Bluestem
1:34:46 - Mesa/South Shanahan
1:39:42 - Mesa/North Shanahan
1:44:21 - turn from trail onto Bear Canyon road
1:48:32 - turn from Bear Canyon road onto trail
1:53:41 - Skunk Creek
2:04:40 - turn from trail onto road
2:07:55 (1:04:10) - Chautauqua

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