South Boulder

From South Mesa TH, Mesa, Homestead, Towhee, Shadow, South Boulder; down via Towhee, but then went cross-country to the Mesa Trail before the descent to the creek crossing, as I didn't want to deal with the mud on lower Towhee.

With Jeff V, Dave H, and Joey L. Started at 11:11 am. I led us out very easy. I had gone home from work early yesterday, feeling achy and chilled, and had "slept" for 17 hours. Felt mostly better this morning but was content to take it easy. The others continued to Bear while I headed down. Couldn't really run down as my gut was in knots. It continued to be painful all afternoon and evening.

0:00 - South Mesa TH
28:00 - Towhee/Shadow
46:24 - Shadow/"Bridge"
1:28:04 - top of Shadow
1:39:30 - South Boulder
1:50:05 - started down
2:49:04 - South Mesa TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

10th day in a row. Started at 6:23 am. Few inches of fresh snow on the trail, but another guy had gone up before me to track it out. Worked pretty hard on the up. Not very fast, though.

Still feeling the achilles a bit. Probably need some rest.

0:00 - Gregory TH
10:33 - Amph/Saddle Rock
28:37 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
51:06 - Green summit
55:00 - started down
1:17:46 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:23 am. Planned to just hike it easy today and did just that. Did up the effort just a tad near the top until I was sure I'd be under an hour. Saw Tony K coming down just below Greenman spring. Then ran into Kraig K on the summit. We jogged down together again.

Felt both achilles a few times but, again, not really painful.

0:00 - Gregory TH
11:59 - Amph/Saddle Rock
33:21 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
58:20 - Green summit
1:00:21 - started down
1:23:09 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:18 am. Recent snow is setting up quite nicely, but wind drifted in a few sections. Fortunately, Roger Linfield tracked through those ahead of me this morning. Worked pretty hard on the up, although I started out feeling pretty tired. On the down, didn't have much pep, so took it easy and tried to clear out a few drifted areas.

Feeling my right achilles a bit. Not painful, just feeling it.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:56 - Amph/Saddle Rock
27:?? (dup) - Saddle Rock/Greenman
49:19 - Green summit
53:53 - started down
1:16:41 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:18 am. Still a fair bit of soft snow to slow things down. Also haven't been getting enough sleep with the Olympics going on. Ran into Kraig K on the summit so jogged down with him after a couple minutes on top.

0:00 - Gregory TH
10:59 - Amph/Saddle Rock
31:50 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
56:30 - Green summit
1:24:34 - Gregory TH

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Green

From pulloff on Baseline below the Gregory TH (the gate was closed), road up to Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:42 am. Worked fairly hard on this outing, but fresh snow kept the pace slow.

0:00 - Baseline rd
3:39 - Gregory TH (deep snow, road wasn't plowed)
15:44 - Amph/Saddle Rock
37:33 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:04:43 - Green summit
1:07:04 - started down
1:31:50 - Gregory TH
1:33:30 - Baseline rd

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Green

From pulloff on Baseline below the Gregory TH (the gate was closed), spur up to Baseline trail, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

With Lori!!! The Wright family watched the girls. Started at 1:36 pm. Snowing quite hard, so fresh snow on the up and down.

0:00 - Baseline rd
3:40 - Baseline/Amph
18:34 - Amph/Saddle Rock
49:34 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:26:34 - Green summit
2:25:06 - Baseline rd

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Green, Backside, South Boulder, Bear

From Chautauqua, Baseline (lower), Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; West Ridge, Flagstaff Rd, Walker ("outer"/CCW), Eldorado; break at the visitor center to refill water; road down Eldo, Old Mesa, Shadow, South Boulder; Bear; Fern, North Shanahan, Cragmoor TH.

With Bill W and Mark O. Started at 6:32 am. Guessing 21-22 miles and 8000' of climbing given Bill's and Mark's GPS/altimeter data (they went down West Ridge of Bear, Green Bear, Green, down to Chautauqua).

0:00 - Chautauqua
8:02 - Baseline/Amph
19:12 - Amph/Saddle Rock
39:58 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:06:56 - Green
3:11:12 - Walker/Eldorado (taken maybe 30 seconds late)
3:59:54 - Eldorado/road
5:48:17 - South Boulder
6:04:19 - Bear
6:38:07 - Cragmoor TH

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Green

From pulloff on Baseline below the Gregory TH (the gate was closed), road up to Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:41 am. Planned to take it easy today as I was feeling tired and didn't want to tire myself further before a possible longer run tomorrow. Several inches (3-6?) of fresh snow on the trails helped to slow me down even more than I planned on.

0:00 - Baseline rd
~3:00? - Gregory TH (stopped to put on Microspikes on the way up)
14:21 - Amph/Saddle Rock
37:00 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:05:44 - Green summit (slow!)
1:07:26 - started down
1:35:20 - Gregory TH
1:37:06 - Baseline rd

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:31 am. Started out pretty hard and kept the effort level pretty high all the way. Went a bit harder on the descent than yesterday.

0:00 - Gregory TH
8:49 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:18 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
43:48 - Green summit
49:51 - started down
1:10:59 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:41 am. Fairly moderate effort. Not easy, but not all out either. Took it pretty casual on the descent.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:16 - Amph/Saddle Rock
25:23 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
45:12 - Green summit
48:27 - started down
1:10:49 - Gregory TH

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Junction Butte

About 6:15.

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Moab's Red Hot 50K+

6:01:55

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Parriott Mesa attempt

Around 3 hours.

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Treadmill

Decided to take a rest day last Sunday. Got drawn for Wasatch on Saturday and Hardrock on Sunday. Stoked for Hardrock, I was motivated to keep the morning peak outings going like last week. Unfortunately, I woke up Monday morning feeling sick. I knew it was coming since Lori, Mia, and Anya had been sick for a few days already. So went back to bed Monday. Skipped Tuesday and Wednesday also. Wanted to get better for the race this weekend. Decided I needed to do something for the legs this morning, so just a short, easy jog.

24:00 - all at 1% incline

24:00 @ 5 mph

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Marshall Mesa

From Marshall Mesa TH, north on 93 to South Boulder Creek West TH, lower Big Bluestem, upper Big Bluestem, south on Mesa, "Bridge" trail, down Shadow, Old Mesa, down the road in Eldorado Springs, sneak trail up to Fowler, Goshawk, Spring Brook South, Doudy Draw up the hill, Flatirons Vista South, across 93, Greenbelt Plateau, Community Ditch east, Marshall Valley, Marshall Mesa TH.

With Mark O. Started at 7:12 am.

0:00 - Marshall Mesa TH
3:16:00 - Marshall Mesa TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:31 am. Started out slow, but then managed to up the effort as I warmed up. Worked pretty hard on the downhill. On the upper parts, I was flying. Slowed on the lower stuff where it was more rocky and icy. I think this may be a downhill PR for this route.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:51 - Amph/Saddle Rock
25:47 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
45:00 - Green summit
49:33 - started down
1:08:29 - Gregory TH

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South Boulder

From South Mesa TH. Mesa, Towhee, Shadow, South Boulder; down via Homestead.

With Bill W and Mark O. Started at 6:42 am. Pretty casual effort today except for Towhee at the start. Dusting of new snow.

0:00 - South Mesa TH
18:06 - Towhee/Shadow
28:06 - Shadow/"Bridge"
1:02:51 - top of Shadow
1:11:12 - South Boulder
1:14:10 - started down
1:57:22 - South Mesa TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:35 am. Empty tank today. I'll blame it on only 5.5 hours of sleep each of the last two nights. Hiked most of this one, but even that felt like a lot of work this morning.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:32 - Amph/Saddle Rock
26:49 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
47:57 - Green summit
55:58 - started down
1:19:17 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:35 am. Sounds strange, but I didn't have the legs for running like last Tuesday, yet I was 3:29 faster to the summit. Fast hiking just seems more efficient for me on this steep route. Roger Linfield was on the summit when I arrived, so we chatted for a bit. Tony K arrived as I was getting ready to start down. Came down fairly easy.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:09 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:24 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
43:10 - Green summit
51:12 - started down
1:13:17 - Gregory TH

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