Grays & Torreys

Finished up the monthly grid for Grays and Torreys. Was a bit sick (including laryngitis), so started out slow. And the pace pretty much stayed slow. Breathed through my balaclava for much of the day to warm the air. Carried snowshoes but never used them. Stashed them at about 12,700'.

4950 up (+20), 5000 down (-36), 2 laps, 6:48

5:50 am, 9810 - started
9:46, 14140 - Grays
9:56, 14130 - started down
10:05, 13600 - low
10:25, 14130 - Torreys
10:40, 13580 - low
10:43, 13640 - high after climbing back up toward Grays a bit to drop off the ridge
12:37 pm, 9760 - finished

Coalton run

Started at 6:28 am. Every step of this run was a chore. Quite a contrast from last night's run. Feeling a bit sick.

0:00 - home
6:29 - gate at Coalton TH
17:52 - gate atop the climb
22:27 - turn south
27:57 - last power pole (split taken 20 seconds or so late)
35:19 - gate at 128
35:56 - started back after stopping to stretch briefly
42:47 - last power pole
47:15 - turn east
51:12 - gate atop the climb
1:00:13 - gate at Coalton TH
1:05:53 - home

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Boulder Reservoir

From the Eagle TH, north on 55th, right on the trail going around the res, over the little hill on the east side of the res, res road back to 51st, north to the Eagle TH.

Started at 6:15 pm. Started out easy and gradually picked things up. Felt really strong.

0:00 - Eagle TH
38:50 - Eagle TH

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South Boulder

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

Started at 6:22 am. With Bill W. Ran to the start of the canyon, then hiked the canyon, then ran for a couple minutes above the saddle, then hiked the last several minutes. Felt pretty good today. This wasn't a hard effort (these climbs are never "easy" for me), so I was psyched with the ascent time given that. Did the entire ascent and descent without Microspikes as there was a fresh bit of "Dippin' Dots" snow covering any snowy section of trail, which actually made the traction quite good.

Didn't get out Sunday due to Easter activities with the family. Didn't get out yesterday morning due to insufficient sleep. But both days I had almost no soreness or stiffness from Saturday's long run. Quite a pleasant surprise!

0:00 - South Mesa TH
17:40 - Towhee/Shadow
26:17 - Shadow/"Bridge"
57:19 - top of Shadow
1:04:29 - South Boulder
1:44:32 - South Mesa TH

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South Boulder, Bear, Green, Flagstaff, Green, Bear, South Boulder from home

Down Bristol, Indiana, bike path, Coalton TH, Coalton, High Plains, Greenbelt Plateau TH, across 93, Flatirons Vista North, Doudy Draw, Doudy Draw TH, South Mesa TH, Mesa, Towhee, Shadow, South Boulder; over to Bear; down Bear West Ridge, Green-Bear, Green West Ridge, Green; down Green West Ridge, Ranger, Realization Point TH, Ute, off trail to Flagstaff summit; back the same.

Started at 4:33 am. Started out walking and eating a burrito. Walked to the Coalton TH, where I started running. Ran without a light to High Plains, then used my Tikka on my wrist for High Plains, then off until the downhill on Doudy Draw, off for good at the bottom of that, I think. Wore Microspikes over the peaks (except Flagstaff), putting them on near the top of Shadow (could've used them earlier, but I didn't want to stop). Felt like I climbed and descended well all day. Even ran up the steep climb on Doudy Draw. Really didn't start feeling trashed until High Plains where I walked quite a bit.

Very, very windy day. Fortunately, not until I got to South Mesa in the morning, though. Mostly not a problem since I was in the trees much of the day. From South Mesa to home, it was a pretty nice tailwind.

Ran into Bill W and Mark O a few minutes from the top of Shadow. Tony K as I headed down the West Ridge of Green. Kraig K as I hit Flagstaff Rd - he turned and hiked/chatted with me for a couple of minutes. Tony K again (on his second of four laps up Green) as I headed down the West Ridge of Green the second time. Max N on Green-Bear.

Ate 3 packages of Clif Shot Bloks, 3 Gus, 2 Ensures, 2 cups of peaches, about half of a 2-oz bag of salted peanuts, 10 S-Caps. Carried but didn't eat 1 package of Clif Shot Bloks, 3 Gus, about 3 oz of salted peanuts, 2 Quaker Chewy granola bars. Started with 2 20-oz bottles. Filled up 4 during the run. Didn't drink much of the last one. So, drank about 105 oz of water.

Some chafing on Coalton near the end. Would've been good to have had some BodyGlide or Vaseline.

9250 up (+31), 9380 down (-46), 10 laps, 9:12 - probably wind-affected a bit

0:00 - home
9:45 - Coalton TH
23:25 - gate atop the climb
28:32 - turn south
34:10 - last power pole
42:52 - Coalton/High Plains
1:10:38 - High Plains/Greenbelt Plateau
1:51:48 - South Mesa TH (split at concrete bridge, then stopped for water)
2:13:38 - Towhee/Shadow
2:24:05 - Shadow/Bridge
2:57:56 - top of Shadow
3:06:09 - South Boulder
3:19:00 - Bear
3:46:04 - Bear West Ridge/Green-Bear (stopped for water after this)
4:12:30 - Green
(dup) - Flagstaff (this was around 4:38, I think)
5:22:57 - Green
5:40:33 - Green-Bear/Bear West Ridge (stopped for water before this)
6:20:18 - Bear
6:34:27 - South Boulder
7:24:33 - South Mesa TH (stopped for water before this)
8:07:24 - Greenbelt Plateau/High Plains
8:38:45 - High Plains/Coalton
9:10:41 - home

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Green

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

Started at 6:50 am. I just keep getting slower. Again, no pep today.

0:00 - Gregory TH
10:10 - Amph/Saddle Rock
28:22 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
50:05 - Green summit
52:29 - started down
1:17:09 - Gregory TH

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Marshall Mesa

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 6:33 am.

0:00 - Marshall Mesa TH
29:40 - Doudy Draw/Spring Brook
55:39 - Spring Brook/Doudy Draw
1:47:03 - Marshall Mesa TH

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