Green (PR)

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

Started at 6:33 am. Kraig K started up Gregory just before I started up Amphitheater. Trail is pretty much in perfect shape with packed snow the entire way. Started out thinking I would take it pretty easy because of the achilles, but part way up Amphitheater, I decided to go. Hiked the steep stuff hard. On the less steep stuff, I would almost try to sprint rather than run slowly. Quite surprised to top out ahead of Kraig, even though he went the longer route. Jogged down with Kraig.

PR for this route. Psyched! Excellent birthday present. When I mentioned to Kraig that it was my 39th birthday, he mentioned 39:00 as a goal for Green. That's a long ways off, but might be fun trying.

Still feeling the achilles a bit, so probably not the best idea to push it today. But I had to on my birthday. Glad I did.

PR by 24 seconds. Previous PR was 41:32 on 6/15/09.

0:00 - Gregory TH
8:46 - Amph/Saddle Rock
23:32 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:08 - Green summit (PR!)
(dup) - started down (about 43:30 on my watch when Kraig topped out, started down a minute or two later)
1:08:40 - Gregory TH

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