From Marshall Mesa TH, Coal Seam, across 93, Community Ditch, Spring Brook loop CCW, Doudy Draw up the hill, Flatirons Vista South, across 93, Greenbelt Plateau, connector, west on Community Ditch, Coal Seam, Marshall Mesa TH.
Started at 6:15 am. A bit windy, mostly heading out Community Ditch. Felt pretty good for most of this run. Felt the knee briefly, but not bad at all.
0:00 - Marshall Mesa TH
31:31 - Doudy Draw/Spring Brook
57:39 - Spring Brook/Doudy Draw
1:49:48 - Marshall Mesa TH
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Green
From Chautauqua, Mesa, Bear Canyon, Green-Bear, West Ridge, Green; down Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amphitheater, Baseline.
Started at 6:16 am. Wanted something a little longer today. Got a bit more than I wanted as there was a fair bit of fresh snow, especially in upper Bear Canyon, where it seemed like it was maybe five inches deep at times. Slow going for me.
Took four days off due to left knee and left/right (mostly right) achilles bothering me. The knee was my main concern. I don't have a clue what happened to it. It just started hurting after standing up from my desk at work Friday afternoon. Pretty sure the achilles was from the sharp increase in vert lately. This morning, the knee felt great for the most part. Didn't really notice it. The right achilles nagged on the Mesa Trail and into Bear Canyon. Didn't notice it as much after lower Bear. The deeper snow in Bear may have "iced" it a bit, then I was mostly walking upper Bear and Green-Bear.
0:00 - Chautauqua
6:42 - road/trail junction
21:35 - Skunk creek
31:08 - Mesa/Bear Canyon
1:04:40 - Bear Canyon/Green-Bear
1:25:53 - Green-Bear/West Ridge
1:31:49 - Green summit
1:34:38 - started down
2:00:04 - Amphitheater/Baseline
2:05:10 - Chautauqua
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Started at 6:16 am. Wanted something a little longer today. Got a bit more than I wanted as there was a fair bit of fresh snow, especially in upper Bear Canyon, where it seemed like it was maybe five inches deep at times. Slow going for me.
Took four days off due to left knee and left/right (mostly right) achilles bothering me. The knee was my main concern. I don't have a clue what happened to it. It just started hurting after standing up from my desk at work Friday afternoon. Pretty sure the achilles was from the sharp increase in vert lately. This morning, the knee felt great for the most part. Didn't really notice it. The right achilles nagged on the Mesa Trail and into Bear Canyon. Didn't notice it as much after lower Bear. The deeper snow in Bear may have "iced" it a bit, then I was mostly walking upper Bear and Green-Bear.
0:00 - Chautauqua
6:42 - road/trail junction
21:35 - Skunk creek
31:08 - Mesa/Bear Canyon
1:04:40 - Bear Canyon/Green-Bear
1:25:53 - Green-Bear/West Ridge
1:31:49 - Green summit
1:34:38 - started down
2:00:04 - Amphitheater/Baseline
2:05:10 - Chautauqua
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Antero
Climbed with Jeff V and Dave & Emily H. Had good track and didn't need snowshoes until just below tree line. Dave and Emily had started about an hour before us, so they ended up doing some trailbreaking at tree line and up the gully (also jmbrooks8/John from LOJ, who had pulled a sled up that morning). Up the gully a ways and exited right onto a ridge. Stashed the snowshoes at the long switchback that cuts back to the south and continued up snowy talus to the final ridge and the summit.
Started at 8:15 am, summitted at 12:34 pm, started down at around 12:55 pm, and got back to the cars at 3:37 pm. So, 7:22 for the roundtrip.
Started at 8:15 am, summitted at 12:34 pm, started down at around 12:55 pm, and got back to the cars at 3:37 pm. So, 7:22 for the roundtrip.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:25 am. Felt like just going easy today. Walked everything up to Saddle Rock/Greenman, then jogged easy to the spring, then walked until the final switchbacks, where I upped the pace to try (unsuccessfully) to get under 50. Fog lying over Boulder was gorgeous, especially the top of the Third jutting out of the fog. Jogged down pretty easy. Ran into Chris Gerber and (I think) Tom Masterson as they were coming down and I was going up.
Missed out on yesterday as I was at work until midnight on Wednesday.
0:00 - Gregory TH
10:48 - Amph/Saddle Rock
29:39 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
50:33 - Green summit
53:38 - started down
1:15:55 - Gregory TH
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Started at 6:25 am. Felt like just going easy today. Walked everything up to Saddle Rock/Greenman, then jogged easy to the spring, then walked until the final switchbacks, where I upped the pace to try (unsuccessfully) to get under 50. Fog lying over Boulder was gorgeous, especially the top of the Third jutting out of the fog. Jogged down pretty easy. Ran into Chris Gerber and (I think) Tom Masterson as they were coming down and I was going up.
Missed out on yesterday as I was at work until midnight on Wednesday.
0:00 - Gregory TH
10:48 - Amph/Saddle Rock
29:39 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
50:33 - Green summit
53:38 - started down
1:15:55 - Gregory TH
StreakOrangeB
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Green
From Gregory TH, Gregory, Ranger, West Ridge, Green; down Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amphitheater.
Started at 6:23 am. Decided to check out Gregory/Ranger since I hadn't been up that way in a while. Started without Microspikes, although they would've been useful from the start...for a minute or so. Put them on just before the bridge that you drop down to. Still some dry sections above there. Fair bit of ice also. Didn't really care for the conditions of Gregory. Was also thinking this route would give me more of a run rather than just a hike. Not on this day. Tough for me to run this route in ideal situations. With dead legs, it wasn't happening. Ran a few sections here and there, but hiked most of the route today. Sat on top with the sun warming my back for a bit. Awesome! Started down and the legs weren't liking that either. Or so I thought. I guess I was going faster/harder than I thought I was given my descent time, but it didn't feel particularly fast. Just didn't feel smooth. Felt like I was just pounding my quads rather than running smoothly.
Still feeling the left and right achilles a bit. Dull ache mostly. Haven't been icing.
0:00 - Gregory TH
20:15 - Gregory/Ranger
46:30 - Ranger/West Ridge
51:13 - Green summit
56:04 - started down
1:16:42 - Gregory TH
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Started at 6:23 am. Decided to check out Gregory/Ranger since I hadn't been up that way in a while. Started without Microspikes, although they would've been useful from the start...for a minute or so. Put them on just before the bridge that you drop down to. Still some dry sections above there. Fair bit of ice also. Didn't really care for the conditions of Gregory. Was also thinking this route would give me more of a run rather than just a hike. Not on this day. Tough for me to run this route in ideal situations. With dead legs, it wasn't happening. Ran a few sections here and there, but hiked most of the route today. Sat on top with the sun warming my back for a bit. Awesome! Started down and the legs weren't liking that either. Or so I thought. I guess I was going faster/harder than I thought I was given my descent time, but it didn't feel particularly fast. Just didn't feel smooth. Felt like I was just pounding my quads rather than running smoothly.
Still feeling the left and right achilles a bit. Dull ache mostly. Haven't been icing.
0:00 - Gregory TH
20:15 - Gregory/Ranger
46:30 - Ranger/West Ridge
51:13 - Green summit
56:04 - started down
1:16:42 - Gregory TH
StreakOrangeB
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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
StreakOrangeB
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
StreakOrangeB
Monday, March 1, 2010
South Boulder Creek trail
From Marshall Rd, South Boulder Creek trail to South Boulder Rd, east to the tunnel under South Boulder; returned the same.
Started at 6:34 am. Dusting of fresh snow. A few sections still had packed snow. Ran comfortably at a consistent pace on the way out. Bit of a fartlek on the return, but nothing structured. Just picked it up a few times for maybe 30 seconds, then recovered, etc.
Yesterday was off mostly due to Lori being sick. But my right achilles is now painful, so it was good to give it some rest (and ice). Definitely overdid it with all the climbing, I guess. Didn't really hurt on the run this morning, but it bugged me a bit.
0:00 - Marshall Rd
12:11 - going under Hwy 36
17:20 - turning back at the south side of the tunnel under South Boulder
22:38 - back under Hwy 36
34:42 - Marshall Rd
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Started at 6:34 am. Dusting of fresh snow. A few sections still had packed snow. Ran comfortably at a consistent pace on the way out. Bit of a fartlek on the return, but nothing structured. Just picked it up a few times for maybe 30 seconds, then recovered, etc.
Yesterday was off mostly due to Lori being sick. But my right achilles is now painful, so it was good to give it some rest (and ice). Definitely overdid it with all the climbing, I guess. Didn't really hurt on the run this morning, but it bugged me a bit.
0:00 - Marshall Rd
12:11 - going under Hwy 36
17:20 - turning back at the south side of the tunnel under South Boulder
22:38 - back under Hwy 36
34:42 - Marshall Rd
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