Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down West Ridge, Ranger, (up) Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amph.

Started around 6:30 am. Cool, damp conditions. Figured this would be a slow hike as I only got around five hours of sleep and could barely get myself up and out of the house this morning. But I felt OK starting out and ratcheted up the effort up Amph. Knew I had a decent time atop Amph so wanted to keep it going. Thought I'd lost some time to the Saddle Rock/Greenman junction, but seeing that I was under 22:00 there, I kept pushing hard. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough left in the tank in the final switchbacks to push to a PR. Recovered for a bit on top in the fog, then ran down pretty easy.

Stupid watch reset after the run for the umpteenth time over the last several months, so I lost my splits. I did look at them at the finish, so these are from memory. Had a duplicate split at the summit anyway, but I recall seeing 38:54 at the summit and calculating that I was 16 seconds off my PR. Time to replace this watch.

0:00 - Gregory TH
7:3x-7:4x - Amph/Saddle Rock
21:53? - Saddle Rock/Greenman
38:54? - Green summit
41:xx - started down
1:11:xx - Gregory TH

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Hardrock pacing

Paced Jennifer R from Grouse Gulch to Ouray. Started at 12:33 am and finished at 7:52 am.

Green (descent PR)

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

Started at 10:11 am. Felt awful on the ascent. Pretty sure this was a massive descent PR for me.

0:00 - Gregory TH
10:26 - Amph/Saddle Rock (5-10 seconds late - totally out of it)
29:31 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
53:42 - Green summit
1:04:36 - started down
1:22:57 - Gregory TH (18:21 descent)

Flatirons Vista

From Flatirons Vista TH, Flatirons Vista South (?), down the hill on Doudy Draw, Spring Brook Loop (probably CCW direction?), back up the hill on Doudy Draw, Flatirons Vista North (?). (Guessing at the route 3 years later.)

Started at 3:41 pm. 94 degrees.

0:00 - Flatirons Vista TH
21:34 - gate atop Doudy Draw
30:47 - Doudy Draw/Spring Brook connector
33:34 - connector/Spring Brook
55:59 - Spring Brook/connector
58:25 - connector/Doudy Draw
1:09:13 - gate atop Doudy Draw
1:18:15 - Flatirons Vista TH

Princeton attempt

Started at 11:00 am from the parking at the bottom. Once onto the trail, the weather started looking a bit iffy. Stopped for a while to see what it would do. Turned back when it started to sprinkle a bit. Of course, when I got back down to the TH, the sky was perfectly clear over and behind the summit.

0:00:00 - TH
1:01:00 - radio towers
1:33:01 - leaving the road onto the trail
2:07:36 - starting down
2:50:32 - TH


2870 up (+26), 2840 down (-65), 1 lap, 2:51

10:59 am, 8660 - started
12:38 pm, 11500 - stopped to see what weather was going to do
1:07 pm, 11530 - started down
1:49 pm, 8690 - finished

Shavano, Tabeguache

Started at 5:23 am. Hung out on Tab for a while chatting with Steve, an attorney who works in Boulder. Ran into Hardrockers Tyler C, Jon M, and Rickie R on the way down. Saw 8 bighorn sheep.

0:00:00 - Shavano/Tabeguache TH (Blank Gulch)
2:00:01 - Shavano
2:26:36 - Tabeguache
2:46:32 - leaving Tabeguache
4:23:37 - Shavano/Tabeguache TH


4970 up (+31), 5040 down (-54), 3 laps, 4:24

5:23 am, 9440 - started
7:23, 13580 - Shavano (didn't stop)
7:38, 13130 - low
7:50, 13490 - Tabeguache
8:09, 13490 - started down
8:17, 13120 - low
8:36, 13560 - back over Shavano
9:46, 9380 - TH

Green

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

Started at 4:16 pm. Kept it fairly comfortable up Amph and Saddle Rock. Neither the legs nor the lungs felt like I was working very hard. Quite surprising. I did stride it out a few times and elevated the heart rate a bit as the legs were feeling spry, but then I'd ease back off.

Seeing a pretty good time at the Greenman junction and still feeling pretty good, I decided to try and run as much as I could on the upper part of the mountain. I ran pretty easy - too easy - to Greenman Spring. Up through the talus it started to hurt a bit more. Kept the run going a ways, but it ended a bit below the steep rocky section. I then let myself ease off a bit too much until the final few switchbacks. I think I would've been better off putting myself into the mindset of hiking as fast as possible rather than running as much as possible. Oh well, still was psyched to be under 40:00.

Decided not to push the down. Walked most of it.

0:00 - Gregory TH
8:18 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:46 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:57 - Green summit
42:37 - started down
1:13:32 - Gregory TH

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