From Chautauqua, McClintock, Enchanted Mesa, Kohler Mesa, Woods Quarry, Royal Arch (not up to the arch), Bluebell-Baird, Bluebell Mesa, Chautauqua.
Started at 7:34 pm. 53:17 total time for the run. Just wanted to get something moderate without significant climbing. After several days off, felt like I was working hard but not moving too fast jogging up Enchanted Mesa and Kohler Mesa. After that, walked most of the rest of the way, with some slow trotting on the downhills and flats.
Ran with two hand bottles just to try it out, but didn't like it. Will just stick with what I've been doing - one hand bottle plus a bottle in the Nathan.
MountainMasochistA
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Missouri, Oxford, Belford
From the Missouri Gulch TH, trail all the way up Missouri, back down the same, then trail up to Elkhead Pass and then up toward Belford, over to Oxford, back and over Belford, down the main trail.
With Jeff V. Wanted to just take things pretty easy, but the pace is always a little higher when going with Jeff. Felt a few aches and pains throughout the day (left plantar, right achilles, both knees - nothing major, I think), so we opted out of Iowa, Emerald, Pecks. Time to rest and heal up before Hardrock.
6910 up (+33), 6930 down (-69), 4 laps, 5:27
7:22 am, 9610 - started
7:30, 9920
7:40, 10390
7:50, 10790
8:00, 11230
8:10, 11470
8:20, 11750
8:30, 12080
8:40, 12340
8:50, 12620
9:00, 12990
9:10, 13420
9:11, 13450
9:12, 13500
9:13, 13560
9:14, 13590
9:15, 13600 - high on the ridge, a few minutes after reaching the ridge
9:16, 13570
9:17, 13530 - low
9:18, 13560
9:19, 13600
9:20, 13620
9:21, 13610
9:22, 13630
9:23, 13620
9:24, 13640
9:25, 13670
9:26, 13680
9:27, 13720 - Missouri
9:28, 13720
9:29, 13720
9:30, 13720
9:31, 13720
9:32, 13710
9:33, 13710
9:34, 13710 - started down
9:35, 13690
9:36, 13600
9:37, 13610
9:38, 13590
9:39, 13600
9:40, 13600
9:41, 13560
9:42, 13520
9:43, 13540
9:44, 13550
9:45, 13570
9:46, 13550
9:47, 13480
9:48, 13430
9:49, 13400
9:50, 13340
10:00, 12690
10:01, 12610
10:02, 12540
10:03, 12430
10:04, 12380
10:05, 12330 - low at junction/creek, getting water
10:06, 12330
10:07, 12340
10:08, 12360
10:09, 12390
10:10, 12420
10:20, 12710
10:30, 13040
10:40, 13390
10:50, 13740 - high, starting over toward Oxford
10:51, 13710
10:52, 13620
10:53, 13550
10:54, 13450
10:55, 13370
10:56, 13320
10:57, 13270
10:58, 13200 - low
10:59, 13200
11:00, 13220
11:01, 13260
11:02, 13290
11:03, 13360
11:04, 13400
11:05, 13410
11:06, 13450
11:07, 13490
11:08, 13540
11:09, 13570
11:10, 13610
11:11, 13650
11:12, 13690
11:13, 13710
11:14, 13740
11:15, 13770
11:16, 13820 - Oxford
11:17, 13830
11:18, 13810
11:19, 13810
11:20, 13810
11:21, 13810
11:22, 13810
11:23, 13800
11:24, 13800
11:25, 13800
11:26, 13800
11:27, 13810 - started back
11:28, 13760
11:29, 13680
11:30, 13630
11:31, 13560
11:32, 13470
11:33, 13410
11:34, 13360
11:35, 13270
11:36, 13220
11:37, 13210 - low
11:38, 13210
11:39, 13240
11:40, 13270
11:41, 13300
11:42, 13320
11:43, 13360
11:44, 13400
11:45, 13440
11:46, 13460
11:47, 13510
11:48, 13560
11:49, 13590
11:50, 13620
11:51, 13660
11:52, 13710
11:53, 13750
11:54, 13780
11:55, 13780
11:56, 13810
11:57, 13840 - Belford
11:58, 13830
11:59, 13830
12:00 pm, 13830
12:01, 13830 - started down
12:02, 13800
12:03, 13760
12:04, 13710
12:05, 13620
12:06, 13510
12:07, 13420
12:08, 13310
12:09, 13220
12:10, 13130
12:20, 12130
12:30, 11300
12:40, 10490
12:48, 9590 - finished
StreakBlueA
With Jeff V. Wanted to just take things pretty easy, but the pace is always a little higher when going with Jeff. Felt a few aches and pains throughout the day (left plantar, right achilles, both knees - nothing major, I think), so we opted out of Iowa, Emerald, Pecks. Time to rest and heal up before Hardrock.
6910 up (+33), 6930 down (-69), 4 laps, 5:27
7:22 am, 9610 - started
7:30, 9920
7:40, 10390
7:50, 10790
8:00, 11230
8:10, 11470
8:20, 11750
8:30, 12080
8:40, 12340
8:50, 12620
9:00, 12990
9:10, 13420
9:11, 13450
9:12, 13500
9:13, 13560
9:14, 13590
9:15, 13600 - high on the ridge, a few minutes after reaching the ridge
9:16, 13570
9:17, 13530 - low
9:18, 13560
9:19, 13600
9:20, 13620
9:21, 13610
9:22, 13630
9:23, 13620
9:24, 13640
9:25, 13670
9:26, 13680
9:27, 13720 - Missouri
9:28, 13720
9:29, 13720
9:30, 13720
9:31, 13720
9:32, 13710
9:33, 13710
9:34, 13710 - started down
9:35, 13690
9:36, 13600
9:37, 13610
9:38, 13590
9:39, 13600
9:40, 13600
9:41, 13560
9:42, 13520
9:43, 13540
9:44, 13550
9:45, 13570
9:46, 13550
9:47, 13480
9:48, 13430
9:49, 13400
9:50, 13340
10:00, 12690
10:01, 12610
10:02, 12540
10:03, 12430
10:04, 12380
10:05, 12330 - low at junction/creek, getting water
10:06, 12330
10:07, 12340
10:08, 12360
10:09, 12390
10:10, 12420
10:20, 12710
10:30, 13040
10:40, 13390
10:50, 13740 - high, starting over toward Oxford
10:51, 13710
10:52, 13620
10:53, 13550
10:54, 13450
10:55, 13370
10:56, 13320
10:57, 13270
10:58, 13200 - low
10:59, 13200
11:00, 13220
11:01, 13260
11:02, 13290
11:03, 13360
11:04, 13400
11:05, 13410
11:06, 13450
11:07, 13490
11:08, 13540
11:09, 13570
11:10, 13610
11:11, 13650
11:12, 13690
11:13, 13710
11:14, 13740
11:15, 13770
11:16, 13820 - Oxford
11:17, 13830
11:18, 13810
11:19, 13810
11:20, 13810
11:21, 13810
11:22, 13810
11:23, 13800
11:24, 13800
11:25, 13800
11:26, 13800
11:27, 13810 - started back
11:28, 13760
11:29, 13680
11:30, 13630
11:31, 13560
11:32, 13470
11:33, 13410
11:34, 13360
11:35, 13270
11:36, 13220
11:37, 13210 - low
11:38, 13210
11:39, 13240
11:40, 13270
11:41, 13300
11:42, 13320
11:43, 13360
11:44, 13400
11:45, 13440
11:46, 13460
11:47, 13510
11:48, 13560
11:49, 13590
11:50, 13620
11:51, 13660
11:52, 13710
11:53, 13750
11:54, 13780
11:55, 13780
11:56, 13810
11:57, 13840 - Belford
11:58, 13830
11:59, 13830
12:00 pm, 13830
12:01, 13830 - started down
12:02, 13800
12:03, 13760
12:04, 13710
12:05, 13620
12:06, 13510
12:07, 13420
12:08, 13310
12:09, 13220
12:10, 13130
12:20, 12130
12:30, 11300
12:40, 10490
12:48, 9590 - finished
StreakBlueA
Friday, June 25, 2010
Green
From Gregory TH, Gregory, Ranger, West Ridge, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:02 am. Met Megan F at the trailhead to pick up a Fenix light. She was meeting Justin S for a run up Gregory/Long to Green. Sheri W also drove up just before I headed up Gregory with Megan and Justin. Sheri headed up Saddle Rock/Greenman. At the cabin, I opted to head up Ranger rather than Long. Mostly casual trip to the top of Green, although I did push/run for a bit above the cabin and then at the start of the West Ridge. Hung out on top for a bit, and Sheri arrived a couple of minutes after me. She was headed down Ranger/Gregory, so I tagged along with her for the less steep descent.
0:00 - Gregory TH
22:40 - Gregory/Ranger
48:09 - Ranger/West Ridge
52:36 - Green summit
1:29:14 - Gregory TH
StreakOrangeC
Started at 6:02 am. Met Megan F at the trailhead to pick up a Fenix light. She was meeting Justin S for a run up Gregory/Long to Green. Sheri W also drove up just before I headed up Gregory with Megan and Justin. Sheri headed up Saddle Rock/Greenman. At the cabin, I opted to head up Ranger rather than Long. Mostly casual trip to the top of Green, although I did push/run for a bit above the cabin and then at the start of the West Ridge. Hung out on top for a bit, and Sheri arrived a couple of minutes after me. She was headed down Ranger/Gregory, so I tagged along with her for the less steep descent.
0:00 - Gregory TH
22:40 - Gregory/Ranger
48:09 - Ranger/West Ridge
52:36 - Green summit
1:29:14 - Gregory TH
StreakOrangeC
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Green
From Gregory TH, Gregory, Ranger, West Ridge, Green; down Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amphitheater.
Started at 6:41 am. Mostly a hike this morning. Jogged a bit in Gregory, but walked everything above the cabin.
0:00 - Gregory TH
20:52 - Gregory/Ranger
47:50 - Ranger/West Ridge
52:51 - Green summit
54:32 - started down
1:22:05 - Gregory TH
StreakNavyA
Started at 6:41 am. Mostly a hike this morning. Jogged a bit in Gregory, but walked everything above the cabin.
0:00 - Gregory TH
20:52 - Gregory/Ranger
47:50 - Ranger/West Ridge
52:51 - Green summit
54:32 - started down
1:22:05 - Gregory TH
StreakNavyA
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
South Boulder (PR)
From South Mesa TH, Mesa, Towhee, Shadow, South Boulder; down the same.
Started at 5:59 am. With my recent PR improvements on Green, I've been wanting to see what I could do on South Boulder. So, I was planning to work hard from the start, yet not go out too hard. Ran a great time for me on Towhee, and this actually felt pretty conservative. I then went too hard on the road, especially on the steep hill. I was gasping for air as I rolled onto the flats. Not smart. Going up the canyon, I was paying for this, as I wasn't running sections that I ran during my 5/6 PR. I also found my mind wandering going up the canyon, which meant I wasn't keeping the effort high. Turns out I was 1:03 ahead of my 5/6 PR at the bottom of the canyon but only 0:10 ahead at the top of the canyon. Fortunately, there was a bit left in the tank. At the saddle, I really upped the effort, running hard and fast until I could no longer and then hung on hiking hard to the top. Enjoyed a nice break up top before jogging down on noodly legs. Ran into Sheri W and Kirsten near the top of Shadow.
PR up South Boulder by 47 seconds. Previous PR was 57:32 on 5/6/10. Initially I was a bit disappointed by my time, as I thought I had a chance to dip under 55, but I'm feeling good about the PR now.
0:00 - South Mesa TH
15:24 - Towhee/Shadow (0:38 ahead of 5/6 PR)
23:11 - Shadow/"Bridge" (1:03 ahead of 5/6 PR)
50:36 - top of Shadow (0:10 ahead of 5/6 PR)
56:45 - South Boulder (PR!) (0:47 ahead of 5/6 PR)
1:07:56 - started down
1:46:25 - South Mesa TH
StreakNavyA
Started at 5:59 am. With my recent PR improvements on Green, I've been wanting to see what I could do on South Boulder. So, I was planning to work hard from the start, yet not go out too hard. Ran a great time for me on Towhee, and this actually felt pretty conservative. I then went too hard on the road, especially on the steep hill. I was gasping for air as I rolled onto the flats. Not smart. Going up the canyon, I was paying for this, as I wasn't running sections that I ran during my 5/6 PR. I also found my mind wandering going up the canyon, which meant I wasn't keeping the effort high. Turns out I was 1:03 ahead of my 5/6 PR at the bottom of the canyon but only 0:10 ahead at the top of the canyon. Fortunately, there was a bit left in the tank. At the saddle, I really upped the effort, running hard and fast until I could no longer and then hung on hiking hard to the top. Enjoyed a nice break up top before jogging down on noodly legs. Ran into Sheri W and Kirsten near the top of Shadow.
PR up South Boulder by 47 seconds. Previous PR was 57:32 on 5/6/10. Initially I was a bit disappointed by my time, as I thought I had a chance to dip under 55, but I'm feeling good about the PR now.
0:00 - South Mesa TH
15:24 - Towhee/Shadow (0:38 ahead of 5/6 PR)
23:11 - Shadow/"Bridge" (1:03 ahead of 5/6 PR)
50:36 - top of Shadow (0:10 ahead of 5/6 PR)
56:45 - South Boulder (PR!) (0:47 ahead of 5/6 PR)
1:07:56 - started down
1:46:25 - South Mesa TH
StreakNavyA
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Elbert, Massive
Climbed Mount Elbert via the northeast ridge from the (North) Mount Elbert TH. Started out easy, just hiking until the Colorado Trail crests, where I jogged easy for a bit down to the Mount Elbert trail junction. Jogged the flat section of the Mount Elbert trail, but otherwise just hiked to the summit. Managed to just dip under 2 hours for the climb with a little hustling over the last hundred yards or so. Had the summit all to myself. Stayed for 15 minutes (nobody else arrived in that time), then jogged down at an easy pace.
Back at the trailhead, refueled a bit and picked up more food and water and headed out. Jogged the road to the Mount Massive TH (probably under a half mile) and headed up. Managed to run a fair bit of the Colorado Trail, still maintaining an easy effort. Seemed to take forever to reach the Mount Massive trail. Mostly hiked from there to the summit. A little bit of snow to deal with but didn't really slow me much. Wind really picked up above the saddle so had to make a quick stop for a long sleeve shirt and hat. Wasn't looking at my watch as I thought I was easily going to get under 2:30 for the climb. A few minutes from the summit, I finally glanced at it and saw that I was already over 2:30. Oh well. Might've pushed a bit if I had known where I was, but there were a lot of people on the narrow, snowy ridge, so I probably wouldn't have bothered.
Hung out on top for maybe 10 minutes. Pulled on my windbreaker as it was cold and windy up there. Got up to start over to North Massive, and the wind was even colder, so I pulled on some long pants before heading out. Went over Massive Green, then heard voices as I dropped to the saddle. Finally noticed two people sitting in the saddle. When I arrived, this mother and her teenage son asked if I knew where we were. They had come up from the west, weren't too thrilled with their route, and just wanted the best way back down to the trailhead. I explained where we were and then suggested that the best option was to continue over the summit of Massive and down to the southwest slopes trail/route. I told them I'd be coming back over the summit of Massive after heading over to North Massive and could help them find their way if necessary.
I continued over to North Massive, looking back a couple of times to see them heading up toward Massive. Returned to Massive and then down to the southwest slopes trail junction and was quite surprised to not see any other folks on the summit or on the ridge. Curious if the mother and son were headed down the southwest slopes, I decided to go that way and jog the Halfmoon road back to the Elbert TH. I slowly jogged down this rocky, technical trail, occasionally scanning for the mother and son. I never saw them. Not sure what they did, but I suspect they went over the summit of Massive and then didn't follow the ridge far enough to intersect the trail, instead heading down some steep, loose gully on the west face. Hope things went alright for them.
Got down to the North Halfmoon TH and jogged on. I felt quite good jogging down this road, which seemed to go up more than down. At one point I caught up to a Westfalia, and he pulled over to let me go by. Jogged most of the road but eventually walked near the top of a small hill. At the crest of this hill, I saw the Mount Massive TH just down the road so kicked it in for the final half mile back to the Elbert TH.
Good day with maybe 10,000' of climbing and 25-ish (?) miles. More importantly, finally got up high and felt decent. Kept the effort easy for the most part on the day.
Ate a package of Clif Shot Bloks and a few mixed nuts and drank two 20 oz bottles on Elbert. Ate a cup of applesauce and drank maybe 16 oz of water at the TH. Ate a package of Clif Shot Bloks and a few mixed nuts and drank two 20 oz bottles and an Ensure on Massive. Maybe a half dozen S-Caps on the day, probably fewer. Pretty light on fuel on the day, but I felt good with it. Perhaps because I'd eaten a ton of pasta/bread on Friday.
Elbert (started at 6:04 am):
0:00 - Mount Elbert TH
19:40 - Colorado Trail/Mount Elbert trail
1:59:43 - Mount Elbert summit
2:14:54 - started down
3:14:00 - Mount Elbert TH
Massive (started at 9:33 am):
0:00 - Mount Elbert TH
4:29 - Mount Massive TH
49:20 - Colorado Trail/Mount Massive trail
2:34:02 - Mount Massive summit
3:31:56 - North Massive summit (taken 1-2 minutes late)
6:02:56 - Mount Elbert TH
StreakOrangeC
Back at the trailhead, refueled a bit and picked up more food and water and headed out. Jogged the road to the Mount Massive TH (probably under a half mile) and headed up. Managed to run a fair bit of the Colorado Trail, still maintaining an easy effort. Seemed to take forever to reach the Mount Massive trail. Mostly hiked from there to the summit. A little bit of snow to deal with but didn't really slow me much. Wind really picked up above the saddle so had to make a quick stop for a long sleeve shirt and hat. Wasn't looking at my watch as I thought I was easily going to get under 2:30 for the climb. A few minutes from the summit, I finally glanced at it and saw that I was already over 2:30. Oh well. Might've pushed a bit if I had known where I was, but there were a lot of people on the narrow, snowy ridge, so I probably wouldn't have bothered.
Hung out on top for maybe 10 minutes. Pulled on my windbreaker as it was cold and windy up there. Got up to start over to North Massive, and the wind was even colder, so I pulled on some long pants before heading out. Went over Massive Green, then heard voices as I dropped to the saddle. Finally noticed two people sitting in the saddle. When I arrived, this mother and her teenage son asked if I knew where we were. They had come up from the west, weren't too thrilled with their route, and just wanted the best way back down to the trailhead. I explained where we were and then suggested that the best option was to continue over the summit of Massive and down to the southwest slopes trail/route. I told them I'd be coming back over the summit of Massive after heading over to North Massive and could help them find their way if necessary.
I continued over to North Massive, looking back a couple of times to see them heading up toward Massive. Returned to Massive and then down to the southwest slopes trail junction and was quite surprised to not see any other folks on the summit or on the ridge. Curious if the mother and son were headed down the southwest slopes, I decided to go that way and jog the Halfmoon road back to the Elbert TH. I slowly jogged down this rocky, technical trail, occasionally scanning for the mother and son. I never saw them. Not sure what they did, but I suspect they went over the summit of Massive and then didn't follow the ridge far enough to intersect the trail, instead heading down some steep, loose gully on the west face. Hope things went alright for them.
Got down to the North Halfmoon TH and jogged on. I felt quite good jogging down this road, which seemed to go up more than down. At one point I caught up to a Westfalia, and he pulled over to let me go by. Jogged most of the road but eventually walked near the top of a small hill. At the crest of this hill, I saw the Mount Massive TH just down the road so kicked it in for the final half mile back to the Elbert TH.
Good day with maybe 10,000' of climbing and 25-ish (?) miles. More importantly, finally got up high and felt decent. Kept the effort easy for the most part on the day.
Ate a package of Clif Shot Bloks and a few mixed nuts and drank two 20 oz bottles on Elbert. Ate a cup of applesauce and drank maybe 16 oz of water at the TH. Ate a package of Clif Shot Bloks and a few mixed nuts and drank two 20 oz bottles and an Ensure on Massive. Maybe a half dozen S-Caps on the day, probably fewer. Pretty light on fuel on the day, but I felt good with it. Perhaps because I'd eaten a ton of pasta/bread on Friday.
Elbert (started at 6:04 am):
0:00 - Mount Elbert TH
19:40 - Colorado Trail/Mount Elbert trail
1:59:43 - Mount Elbert summit
2:14:54 - started down
3:14:00 - Mount Elbert TH
Massive (started at 9:33 am):
0:00 - Mount Elbert TH
4:29 - Mount Massive TH
49:20 - Colorado Trail/Mount Massive trail
2:34:02 - Mount Massive summit
3:31:56 - North Massive summit (taken 1-2 minutes late)
6:02:56 - Mount Elbert TH
StreakOrangeC
Friday, June 18, 2010
Green (PR), Flagstaff
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down West Ridge, Ranger, Realization Point TH, Ute, off trail to Flagstaff summit; Flagstaff, Crown Rock, Gregory.
Started at 6:38 am. Still didn't get caught up on sleep, but I felt much, much better out of the gate this morning. So, when I got to Amph/Saddle Rock in decent time, I thought I'd see what I could do compared to last week's "soft" PR (soft because it included the time that JV was buckled over in pain). Knew the time at Saddle Rock/Greenman was good so tried to not let up. Kept on the gas pretty hard all the way up, alternating running and hiking as usual. Knew I had the PR through the final switchbacks. 38:38!
Needless to say, this PR was very satisfying. Kraig K had sown the seed for sub-39 back on March 2nd. I thought that would be a stretch, but perhaps a nice goal to shoot for. After this morning, I'm thinking I could get under 38 on the right day.
Took it easy down Ranger and over to Flagstaff. Ran into Tony K and Scott J jogging up Ranger. Felt really clumsy on the downhills this morning.
PR by 58 seconds. Previous "soft" PR was 39:36 on 6/9/10. I'd set a PR of 41:32 on 6/15/09, just over a year ago.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:09 - Amph/Saddle Rock
21:42 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
38:38 - Green summit (PR!)
45:35 - started down
1:10:53 - Flagstaff summit
1:28:22 - Gregory TH
MountainMasochistA
Started at 6:38 am. Still didn't get caught up on sleep, but I felt much, much better out of the gate this morning. So, when I got to Amph/Saddle Rock in decent time, I thought I'd see what I could do compared to last week's "soft" PR (soft because it included the time that JV was buckled over in pain). Knew the time at Saddle Rock/Greenman was good so tried to not let up. Kept on the gas pretty hard all the way up, alternating running and hiking as usual. Knew I had the PR through the final switchbacks. 38:38!
Needless to say, this PR was very satisfying. Kraig K had sown the seed for sub-39 back on March 2nd. I thought that would be a stretch, but perhaps a nice goal to shoot for. After this morning, I'm thinking I could get under 38 on the right day.
Took it easy down Ranger and over to Flagstaff. Ran into Tony K and Scott J jogging up Ranger. Felt really clumsy on the downhills this morning.
PR by 58 seconds. Previous "soft" PR was 39:36 on 6/9/10. I'd set a PR of 41:32 on 6/15/09, just over a year ago.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:09 - Amph/Saddle Rock
21:42 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
38:38 - Green summit (PR!)
45:35 - started down
1:10:53 - Flagstaff summit
1:28:22 - Gregory TH
MountainMasochistA
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