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

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