From South Mesa TH, Mesa, Towhee, Shadow, South Boulder; over to Bear; down Bear West Ridge, Green-Bear, Green West Ridge, Green; down ?.
Started at 2:09 pm. Hot (90+).
0:00 - South Mesa TH
16:14 - Towhee/Shadow (16:17?)
26:44 - Shadow/Bridge
(dup) - top of Shadow
1:09:27 - South Boulder
1:23:26 - Bear
2:12:25 - Green
2:19:32 - starting down
3:41:42 - South Mesa TH
Shoes?
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Bear (PR), South Boulder
From Devils Thumb TH, Bear Canyon road, Mesa, Fern, Bear; over to South Boulder; back to Fern; down the same.
Started at 6:02 am with Bill W, Matt S, and Jim H from work. Bill put time on me from the start. He headed up Bear Canyon and West Ridge to Bear, but I wanted to see what I could do for Fern. I wanted a comparison with Cragmoor and also thought I could get a PR for this route.
Pretty hard effort the whole way up Bear. Was a bit bummed to not break 50:00 for the ascent. Decided to tack on South Boulder, so didn't really stop on Bear. Down the west face of Bear, hustled to the saddle, then slowed a bit to the top of South Boulder. Didn't stop there either, tried to hustle back to Fern, but faded even more. Saw Bill walking down Fern just as I started down, so I caught up to him quickly. Saw Jim and Matt a bit further down. They continued to Bear while Bill and I took it pretty easy jogging back to the trailhead.
Fairly clear that the Cragmoor route is faster. I got to the Shanahan/Fern junction in 18:42 from Cragmoor last night and in 22:06 from Devils Thumb this morning. And I probably ran that stretch a bit harder this morning than last night. From that junction to the summit of Bear, I was 43 seconds faster this morning than last night.
Not sure what my previous PR was for this route, but I believe it was in the 52-54 minute range. I'll call this a PR.
0:00 - Devils Thumb TH
14:49 - Mesa/Bear Canyon
16:25 - Mesa/Fern
22:06 - Fern/Shanahan
34:22 - saddle atop Fern Canyon
50:58 - Bear
55:02 - Bear/South Boulder saddle (Shadow jct)
1:02:09 - South Boulder
1:06:02 - South Boulder/Bear saddle
1:49:21 - Devils Thumb TH
StreakNavyA with insoles from MountainMasochist
Started at 6:02 am with Bill W, Matt S, and Jim H from work. Bill put time on me from the start. He headed up Bear Canyon and West Ridge to Bear, but I wanted to see what I could do for Fern. I wanted a comparison with Cragmoor and also thought I could get a PR for this route.
Pretty hard effort the whole way up Bear. Was a bit bummed to not break 50:00 for the ascent. Decided to tack on South Boulder, so didn't really stop on Bear. Down the west face of Bear, hustled to the saddle, then slowed a bit to the top of South Boulder. Didn't stop there either, tried to hustle back to Fern, but faded even more. Saw Bill walking down Fern just as I started down, so I caught up to him quickly. Saw Jim and Matt a bit further down. They continued to Bear while Bill and I took it pretty easy jogging back to the trailhead.
Fairly clear that the Cragmoor route is faster. I got to the Shanahan/Fern junction in 18:42 from Cragmoor last night and in 22:06 from Devils Thumb this morning. And I probably ran that stretch a bit harder this morning than last night. From that junction to the summit of Bear, I was 43 seconds faster this morning than last night.
Not sure what my previous PR was for this route, but I believe it was in the 52-54 minute range. I'll call this a PR.
0:00 - Devils Thumb TH
14:49 - Mesa/Bear Canyon
16:25 - Mesa/Fern
22:06 - Fern/Shanahan
34:22 - saddle atop Fern Canyon
50:58 - Bear
55:02 - Bear/South Boulder saddle (Shadow jct)
1:02:09 - South Boulder
1:06:02 - South Boulder/Bear saddle
1:49:21 - Devils Thumb TH
StreakNavyA with insoles from MountainMasochist
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Bear
From Cragmoor TH, North Shanahan, Fern, Bear; down the same.
Started at 6:08 pm. Worked pretty hard for most of this. Might have run the approach to Fern a little easier, but pushed hard up Fern and the upper ridge. Ran down easy.
Got stung on the ankle by a bee (I presume) approaching the Slab on the ascent. Stopped briefly when it happened, then again a minute or so later as it was bothering me a bit. Decided to go on and didn't notice it after a few more minutes.
Thought this was a PR from Cragmoor, but I'd forgotten about the 8ers group TT on 6/4/09, where I went up in 48:04. Today, I was 48 seconds slower hitting Fern but just 13 seconds behind at the summit.
0:00 - Cragmoor TH
11:44 - crossing Mesa
18:42 - Shanahan/Fern
31:01 - saddle atop Fern Canyon
48:17 - summit
49:38 - starting down
1:20:34 - Cragmoor TH
StreakNavyA with insoles from MountainMasochist
Started at 6:08 pm. Worked pretty hard for most of this. Might have run the approach to Fern a little easier, but pushed hard up Fern and the upper ridge. Ran down easy.
Got stung on the ankle by a bee (I presume) approaching the Slab on the ascent. Stopped briefly when it happened, then again a minute or so later as it was bothering me a bit. Decided to go on and didn't notice it after a few more minutes.
Thought this was a PR from Cragmoor, but I'd forgotten about the 8ers group TT on 6/4/09, where I went up in 48:04. Today, I was 48 seconds slower hitting Fern but just 13 seconds behind at the summit.
0:00 - Cragmoor TH
11:44 - crossing Mesa
18:42 - Shanahan/Fern
31:01 - saddle atop Fern Canyon
48:17 - summit
49:38 - starting down
1:20:34 - Cragmoor TH
StreakNavyA with insoles from MountainMasochist
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:22 pm. Intended to start off easy. But the legs felt spry, so I was really moving up a few sections of Amph. Faded, of course, as a result. Decided to see what I could do for a roundtrip time even though I knew breaking an hour was unlikely. Pushed pretty hard on the descent, but the legs weren't turning over as quickly as I would have liked. Not a bad run, though.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:36 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:44 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
40:42 - Green summit (didn't stop)
1:01:10 - Gregory TH (20:28 down)
StreakNavyA with insoles from MountainMasochist
Started at 6:22 pm. Intended to start off easy. But the legs felt spry, so I was really moving up a few sections of Amph. Faded, of course, as a result. Decided to see what I could do for a roundtrip time even though I knew breaking an hour was unlikely. Pushed pretty hard on the descent, but the legs weren't turning over as quickly as I would have liked. Not a bad run, though.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:36 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:44 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
40:42 - Green summit (didn't stop)
1:01:10 - Gregory TH (20:28 down)
StreakNavyA with insoles from MountainMasochist
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Pikes
Didn't even get a new Grid slot for this one. Must be training for something.
Started at 6:34 am. With Bill W.
Wore my Nathan pack (wind shell, balaclava, gloves, empty water bottle, space blanket, etc), carried a hand bottle, and tied a shirt and pants around my waist. Had planned to leave the pants behind, but the forecast for the summit had a 40% chance of snow in the morning, winds above 20 mph, and a high for the day in the upper 30s. Turned out to be quite nice up there. Cool, clear, and just a little breezy. Never made any clothing adjustments, going up and down in shorts and a t-shirt.
From the start, my goal was to run more than my trip two weeks ago. I started out a few minutes ahead of Bill. For sure, having Bill out there had me working harder than I would have otherwise. Ran much of the W's. I was working pretty hard here and was sweating profusely. I started taking S-Caps and Endurolytes and Shot Bloks early on.
Bill caught me right around the No Name Creek aid station and went by. On some steeper bits just past here, I lost about 30-45 seconds to Bill as I walked a bit. But I eventually got back to running and mostly kept Bill in sight until maybe five minutes below Barr where I walked a few sections again. I'd worked pretty hard to Barr and got there about 11.5 minutes faster than two weeks ago. Stopped to quickly fill/treat my bottle at Barr.
Between Barr and A Frame, I tried to run a bit, but my legs were pretty worked already. I mostly got into a fast power hike. Almost no snow remaining on the trail below tree line. I was about 16 minutes or so faster to tree line than two weeks ago.
Above tree line, I stuck with the trail. Turns out there would be almost no snow to contend with even above tree line. Just a few sections to pass through. The past two weeks had made a huge dent in the remaining snow up there.
Shortly above tree line, I caught sight of Bill, and he wasn't that far ahead. I was shocked! He'd had a few hard workouts in the days prior, and that must've caught up with him. I managed to run some of the more gentle grades above tree line and caught and passed Bill in the vicinity of the 2 miles to go sign (don't recall exactly when/where it was). Continued working pretty hard on up to the top. There was only one switchback that I cut a bit due to lingering snow. Otherwise, I was on the trail the whole way. My time was actually faster than my PPA PR, but of course, I started from the Barr Trail trailhead rather than the park down in town. Had I taken the direct route above tree line that I took two weeks ago, I'm pretty sure I would've been around 3 hours to the top. So a much harder effort this time.
Went over to tag the summit, then saw Bill topping out. He informed me that he was planning to hop on the Cog Railway to ride down. My legs were pretty worked, and I was very tempted to join him. I knew I'd be slower on the down than two weeks ago, but I figured the miles would still be good for something.
Started down after 15+ minutes on the summit. Had filled up two bottles on the summit so that I wouldn't have to treat at Barr (and then wait to drink it). Wasn't feeling great, but did OK running down to tree line. Between A Frame and Barr, I walked a number of times. Was feeling pretty worked there.
Stopped at Barr to fill up a bottle to pour on myself on the way down. I also poured water over myself again and again while there. I then decided to go chat with Theresa, et al, who were sitting outside the cabin, since I wasn't in a hurry to get back to the pain. I ended up spending almost 10 minutes at Barr.
Slow from Barr on down. Walked quite a bit; most of the uphills, some of the flats, and probably even some downhill sections. Tried to latch on when a runner went by me above the W's, but I couldn't hang for very long. Was pretty worked when I finished. I was glad that Bill had moved the car from near the PPM finish (the closest parking we found in the morning) to the Cog parking lot.
I ate 3 packs of Shot Bloks, a granola bar on the summit, and quite a few S-Caps and Endurolytes. Drank about 80 ounces of water, 60 of that with Nuun.
0:00:00 - Barr Trail TH
1:28:03 - Barr Camp
2:12:47 - A Frame
3:13:53 - race finish/turnaround
3:16:27 - Pikes summit (highest rocks in the middle)
3:31:48 - leaving the summit
4:06:20 - A Frame
4:32:58 - Barr Camp
4:42:53 - leaving Barr Camp
5:42:20 - Barr Trail TH
Suunto watch log data:
7220 up (+36), 7110 down (-54), 1 lap, 5:43
StreakNavyA with insoles from MountainMasochist
Started at 6:34 am. With Bill W.
Wore my Nathan pack (wind shell, balaclava, gloves, empty water bottle, space blanket, etc), carried a hand bottle, and tied a shirt and pants around my waist. Had planned to leave the pants behind, but the forecast for the summit had a 40% chance of snow in the morning, winds above 20 mph, and a high for the day in the upper 30s. Turned out to be quite nice up there. Cool, clear, and just a little breezy. Never made any clothing adjustments, going up and down in shorts and a t-shirt.
From the start, my goal was to run more than my trip two weeks ago. I started out a few minutes ahead of Bill. For sure, having Bill out there had me working harder than I would have otherwise. Ran much of the W's. I was working pretty hard here and was sweating profusely. I started taking S-Caps and Endurolytes and Shot Bloks early on.
Bill caught me right around the No Name Creek aid station and went by. On some steeper bits just past here, I lost about 30-45 seconds to Bill as I walked a bit. But I eventually got back to running and mostly kept Bill in sight until maybe five minutes below Barr where I walked a few sections again. I'd worked pretty hard to Barr and got there about 11.5 minutes faster than two weeks ago. Stopped to quickly fill/treat my bottle at Barr.
Between Barr and A Frame, I tried to run a bit, but my legs were pretty worked already. I mostly got into a fast power hike. Almost no snow remaining on the trail below tree line. I was about 16 minutes or so faster to tree line than two weeks ago.
Above tree line, I stuck with the trail. Turns out there would be almost no snow to contend with even above tree line. Just a few sections to pass through. The past two weeks had made a huge dent in the remaining snow up there.
Shortly above tree line, I caught sight of Bill, and he wasn't that far ahead. I was shocked! He'd had a few hard workouts in the days prior, and that must've caught up with him. I managed to run some of the more gentle grades above tree line and caught and passed Bill in the vicinity of the 2 miles to go sign (don't recall exactly when/where it was). Continued working pretty hard on up to the top. There was only one switchback that I cut a bit due to lingering snow. Otherwise, I was on the trail the whole way. My time was actually faster than my PPA PR, but of course, I started from the Barr Trail trailhead rather than the park down in town. Had I taken the direct route above tree line that I took two weeks ago, I'm pretty sure I would've been around 3 hours to the top. So a much harder effort this time.
Went over to tag the summit, then saw Bill topping out. He informed me that he was planning to hop on the Cog Railway to ride down. My legs were pretty worked, and I was very tempted to join him. I knew I'd be slower on the down than two weeks ago, but I figured the miles would still be good for something.
Started down after 15+ minutes on the summit. Had filled up two bottles on the summit so that I wouldn't have to treat at Barr (and then wait to drink it). Wasn't feeling great, but did OK running down to tree line. Between A Frame and Barr, I walked a number of times. Was feeling pretty worked there.
Stopped at Barr to fill up a bottle to pour on myself on the way down. I also poured water over myself again and again while there. I then decided to go chat with Theresa, et al, who were sitting outside the cabin, since I wasn't in a hurry to get back to the pain. I ended up spending almost 10 minutes at Barr.
Slow from Barr on down. Walked quite a bit; most of the uphills, some of the flats, and probably even some downhill sections. Tried to latch on when a runner went by me above the W's, but I couldn't hang for very long. Was pretty worked when I finished. I was glad that Bill had moved the car from near the PPM finish (the closest parking we found in the morning) to the Cog parking lot.
I ate 3 packs of Shot Bloks, a granola bar on the summit, and quite a few S-Caps and Endurolytes. Drank about 80 ounces of water, 60 of that with Nuun.
0:00:00 - Barr Trail TH
1:28:03 - Barr Camp
2:12:47 - A Frame
3:13:53 - race finish/turnaround
3:16:27 - Pikes summit (highest rocks in the middle)
3:31:48 - leaving the summit
4:06:20 - A Frame
4:32:58 - Barr Camp
4:42:53 - leaving Barr Camp
5:42:20 - Barr Trail TH
Suunto watch log data:
7220 up (+36), 7110 down (-54), 1 lap, 5:43
StreakNavyA with insoles from MountainMasochist
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down West Ridge, Ranger, (up) Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amph.
Started at 6:28 pm. Good effort on the ascent, running quite a bit throughout. 23 seconds off my PR for the ascent. Worked pretty hard on the descent as well.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:59 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:04 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:01 - Green summit
40:18 - started down
1:08:52 - Gregory TH
StreakNavyA
Started at 6:28 pm. Good effort on the ascent, running quite a bit throughout. 23 seconds off my PR for the ascent. Worked pretty hard on the descent as well.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:59 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:04 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:01 - Green summit
40:18 - started down
1:08:52 - Gregory TH
StreakNavyA
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:51 am. Tired. Legs felt heavy from the start. Mostly a hike. Ran into Kraig K on the way down. Good to see him out again.
0:00 - Gregory TH
9:04 - Amph/Saddle Rock
25:43 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
46:43 - Green summit
48:41 - started down
1:11:09 - Gregory TH
StreakNavyA
Started at 6:51 am. Tired. Legs felt heavy from the start. Mostly a hike. Ran into Kraig K on the way down. Good to see him out again.
0:00 - Gregory TH
9:04 - Amph/Saddle Rock
25:43 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
46:43 - Green summit
48:41 - started down
1:11:09 - Gregory TH
StreakNavyA
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Green, Bear
From Devils Thumb, Bear Canyon road, Mesa, Bear Canyon, Green Bear, West Ridge, Green summit; down West Ridge, Green Bear; up West Ridge, Bear summit; down Fern, Mesa, Bear Canyon road.
Started at 3:04 pm. Hot. Wasn't going hard/fast but was working hard just to run to the start of the climbing on Green Bear. Then mostly hiked up Green from there. Tagged the summit and started down immediately. Worked pretty hard on the descent to the start of Bear West Ridge. Then dunked my shirt in the creek and proceeded to walk most of Bear West Ridge. Ran a few sections but was pretty beat. Topped out on Bear, sat for a minute or so, then started down. Worked pretty hard on the descent. Was a bit less sloppy than usual in Fern. Dunked my shirt again crossing Bear Creek on the Mesa Trail.
0:00 - Devils Thumb TH
15:36 - Mesa Trail/Bear Canyon trail
41:06 - Bear Canyon/Green Bear/Bear West Ridge
56:08 - Green Bear/Green West Ridge
1:00:37 - Green summit
1:10:17 - Green Bear/Bear Canyon/Bear West Ridge
1:45:43 - Bear summit
2:17:23 - Devils Thumb TH
StreakNavyA
Started at 3:04 pm. Hot. Wasn't going hard/fast but was working hard just to run to the start of the climbing on Green Bear. Then mostly hiked up Green from there. Tagged the summit and started down immediately. Worked pretty hard on the descent to the start of Bear West Ridge. Then dunked my shirt in the creek and proceeded to walk most of Bear West Ridge. Ran a few sections but was pretty beat. Topped out on Bear, sat for a minute or so, then started down. Worked pretty hard on the descent. Was a bit less sloppy than usual in Fern. Dunked my shirt again crossing Bear Creek on the Mesa Trail.
0:00 - Devils Thumb TH
15:36 - Mesa Trail/Bear Canyon trail
41:06 - Bear Canyon/Green Bear/Bear West Ridge
56:08 - Green Bear/Green West Ridge
1:00:37 - Green summit
1:10:17 - Green Bear/Bear Canyon/Bear West Ridge
1:45:43 - Bear summit
2:17:23 - Devils Thumb TH
StreakNavyA
Friday, June 3, 2011
South Boulder
From South Mesa TH, Mesa, Towhee, Shadow, South Boulder; down the same.
Started at 6:16 am. Worked pretty hard from the start and was feeling pretty good. Looks like I really faded above the saddle, but I think that's more of a reflection of how fast I went above the saddle on my PR last year. Was pretty happy with my ascent time.
On the way up, I was thinking about trying to get the round trip in under 1:30, which I don't think I've ever done. At the top, I took a break as I was hurting, and I was thinking that I wouldn't hammer the down. But once I started down, I was feeling OK and started pushing it. Worked pretty hard to the saddle and down Shadow. Pushed pretty hard getting down to Towhee. Turning onto Towhee, I was thinking I didn't have a chance at 1:30, and I think I slowed a bit on upper Towhee as a result. But lower down, the clock seemed to be moving slower than expected. I worked pretty hard for the last several minutes and ended up closer to 1:30 than I thought I was going to be. Wish I'd taken a split at the top of Towhee so I'd know what to expect if I try this again.
Pretty satisfying run overall.
0:00 - South Mesa TH
15:25 - Towhee/Shadow (0:01 behind 6/22/2010 PR)
23:27 - Shadow/"Bridge" (0:16 behind PR)
50:52 - top of Shadow (0:16 behind PR)
57:49 - South Boulder (1:04 behind PR)
59:32 - started down
1:03:17 - top of Shadow
1:15:51 - Shadow/"Bridge"
1:30:48 - South Mesa TH
StreakNavyA
Started at 6:16 am. Worked pretty hard from the start and was feeling pretty good. Looks like I really faded above the saddle, but I think that's more of a reflection of how fast I went above the saddle on my PR last year. Was pretty happy with my ascent time.
On the way up, I was thinking about trying to get the round trip in under 1:30, which I don't think I've ever done. At the top, I took a break as I was hurting, and I was thinking that I wouldn't hammer the down. But once I started down, I was feeling OK and started pushing it. Worked pretty hard to the saddle and down Shadow. Pushed pretty hard getting down to Towhee. Turning onto Towhee, I was thinking I didn't have a chance at 1:30, and I think I slowed a bit on upper Towhee as a result. But lower down, the clock seemed to be moving slower than expected. I worked pretty hard for the last several minutes and ended up closer to 1:30 than I thought I was going to be. Wish I'd taken a split at the top of Towhee so I'd know what to expect if I try this again.
Pretty satisfying run overall.
0:00 - South Mesa TH
15:25 - Towhee/Shadow (0:01 behind 6/22/2010 PR)
23:27 - Shadow/"Bridge" (0:16 behind PR)
50:52 - top of Shadow (0:16 behind PR)
57:49 - South Boulder (1:04 behind PR)
59:32 - started down
1:03:17 - top of Shadow
1:15:51 - Shadow/"Bridge"
1:30:48 - South Mesa TH
StreakNavyA
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)