From Chautauqua, standard approach to the Third, up the Third, down the SW Chimney, up to the Northeast Ridge trail (had a permit), Greenman, Green; down Greenman, Northeast Ridge, down to the First/Second Flatiron trail, back to Chautauqua.
Started at 3:56 pm. Just as I parked, I saw Jeff V pull in behind me. Jeff joined me up to the base of the Third, which kept me running more and running harder than had I been solo. I stopped to change shoes at the base, then Jeff generously carried my running shoes and pack up to the back side of the Third and waited for me. I made good time on the face but never felt like I was pushing things. 9:24 up the face is probably a PR for me (previous best may have been 10:10 on 10/15/03).
The weather was a bit iffy nearing the top, and I felt a few rain drops and a few rumbles of thunder. Downclimbed cautiously but was pretty comfortable. I just don't know the downclimb that well to move much faster. I've gotten from the summit to the bottom of the raps, doing 3 raps, in around 10 minutes before. It probably took me around 16 minutes to do that via downclimbing on this day.
Met back up with Jeff and switched back to my running shoes. Then chased Jeff and an oncoming storm to the top of Green. Pretty tedious work getting up to the Northeast Ridge trail from the back side of the Third. The rain was steady (but not too heavy) by the time I topped out (a couple of minutes behind Jeff). Met back up with Jeff on the descent. Nice running in the rain for a bit.
0:00 - Chautauqua
18:25 - East Bench
19:35 - starting up the Third
28:59 - summit of the Third (so, 9:24 for the face)
41:59 - bottom of the SW chimney
1:10:01 - summit of Green
1:37:39 - Chautauqua
StreakBlueB
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Green (PR)
From Gregory TH, Gregory, Ranger, West Ridge, Green; down Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amphitheater.
Started at 5:52 pm. Finally no more soreness in the legs. Ran pretty hard up Gregory, past the lodge, past the Greenman junction, and up to the last, steep log steps before things lay back on Ranger. Walked those steps and never really got going again until the West Ridge, hiking pretty much everything up to the four way junction. Did dig pretty hard on the final push up the West Ridge, though.
Checked out the lady bug situation. Maybe fewer than when I looked a couple weeks ago.
Ran down at a pretty decent effort. The Mafates were giving me a blister (up and down - right foot, second toe), though, so I held back a bit.
Can't seem to find a faster time for myself for this route, so I'll call it a PR. Kinda weak given my performance up on Ranger, though. I think my time up Gregory was probably 30 seconds to a minute faster than I've run it before. Previous PR was 44:13 on 7/25/07 (I think).
0:00 - Gregory TH
16:30 - Gregory/Ranger
39:15 - Ranger/West Ridge
43:09 - Green summit
45:50 - started down
1:08:19 - Gregory TH
HokaMafate
Started at 5:52 pm. Finally no more soreness in the legs. Ran pretty hard up Gregory, past the lodge, past the Greenman junction, and up to the last, steep log steps before things lay back on Ranger. Walked those steps and never really got going again until the West Ridge, hiking pretty much everything up to the four way junction. Did dig pretty hard on the final push up the West Ridge, though.
Checked out the lady bug situation. Maybe fewer than when I looked a couple weeks ago.
Ran down at a pretty decent effort. The Mafates were giving me a blister (up and down - right foot, second toe), though, so I held back a bit.
Can't seem to find a faster time for myself for this route, so I'll call it a PR. Kinda weak given my performance up on Ranger, though. I think my time up Gregory was probably 30 seconds to a minute faster than I've run it before. Previous PR was 44:13 on 7/25/07 (I think).
0:00 - Gregory TH
16:30 - Gregory/Ranger
39:15 - Ranger/West Ridge
43:09 - Green summit
45:50 - started down
1:08:19 - Gregory TH
HokaMafate
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Third Flatiron
Started at 6:34 am. With Bill W, Mark O, and Adam M. Legs still pretty dead/sore from Pikes. Fortunately, we took it pretty easy. Jogged a bit on the approach. Casual on the face and on the downclimb. At the bottom of the SW Chimney, went back up to the standard descent trail. Once off the talus, jogged easy back to Chautauqua.
Originally was thinking I'd take a rope to rap off but I chose to leave it behind. Felt very comfortable on the downclimb.
0:00 - Chautauqua
24:18 - East Bench
40:04 - summit
47:06 - started down
1:05:42 - bottom of SW Chimney
1:30:59 - Chautauqua
Originally was thinking I'd take a rope to rap off but I chose to leave it behind. Felt very comfortable on the downclimb.
0:00 - Chautauqua
24:18 - East Bench
40:04 - summit
47:06 - started down
1:05:42 - bottom of SW Chimney
1:30:59 - Chautauqua
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Eagle/Sage
From the Eagle TH, Eagle, Sage, Boulder Valley Ranch TH, Sage, Eagle, Eagle TH (so CCW lollipop).
Started at 7:56 pm. 36:20. 3.7 miles per the OSMP maps. Tried to keep it nice and easy.
HokaStinson
Started at 7:56 pm. 36:20. 3.7 miles per the OSMP maps. Tried to keep it nice and easy.
HokaStinson
Monday, August 15, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down West Ridge, Ranger, (up) Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amph.
Started at 5:56 pm. Was trying not to put much stake into how this run went, but I hoped to restore a bit of confidence. After my demoralizing trip up Green on Friday, I started out much easier on this one.
Given my pace and effort up Amph, I figured I was going to top out Amph in around 9 minutes, so I was surprised to see 8:13. On up to Greenman, I wasn't feeling particularly strong or fast, but I guess I was moving along pretty well. On Greenman, did reasonably well keeping the run going as much as I could, but I still thought I was moving slowly. At the top of the two short switchbacks (start of the long switchback) above the log steps, I saw 36:01 and knew I could at least get under 40. Managed to run it in from there (except the last few steps before climbing the summit boulder). Not a PR, but I felt much better about this one.
Decided I needed to burn a few extra calories so ran the longer descent route, which I enjoy quite a bit. Wasn't really planning to work hard on the descent, but I just started rolling and ended up running it pretty hard the entire way. Probably not the best for my legs at this point but good for my head.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:13 - Amph/Saddle Rock (dup split here, but I'm pretty sure I saw 8:13)
22:21 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:05 - Green summit
40:36 - started down
1:07:43 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Started at 5:56 pm. Was trying not to put much stake into how this run went, but I hoped to restore a bit of confidence. After my demoralizing trip up Green on Friday, I started out much easier on this one.
Given my pace and effort up Amph, I figured I was going to top out Amph in around 9 minutes, so I was surprised to see 8:13. On up to Greenman, I wasn't feeling particularly strong or fast, but I guess I was moving along pretty well. On Greenman, did reasonably well keeping the run going as much as I could, but I still thought I was moving slowly. At the top of the two short switchbacks (start of the long switchback) above the log steps, I saw 36:01 and knew I could at least get under 40. Managed to run it in from there (except the last few steps before climbing the summit boulder). Not a PR, but I felt much better about this one.
Decided I needed to burn a few extra calories so ran the longer descent route, which I enjoy quite a bit. Wasn't really planning to work hard on the descent, but I just started rolling and ended up running it pretty hard the entire way. Probably not the best for my legs at this point but good for my head.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:13 - Amph/Saddle Rock (dup split here, but I'm pretty sure I saw 8:13)
22:21 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:05 - Green summit
40:36 - started down
1:07:43 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Friday, August 12, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:19 pm. Feeling fresh, I went into this hoping to set a PR. So I went out hard. I know better than to go out too hard, but I did it anyway. Fast for me up Amph, but I was hurting at the top, and I just slowed from there on. Legs felt OK, but I was breathing super-hard and not making good time. I'm wondering if nearly two weeks at lower elevation affected me.
After topping out, I looked around for lady bugs. They're all on one tree and nowhere near as thick as a couple years ago.
Was all over the place on the descent. Walked a fair bit. Jogged some easy. Tried to run hard a few times but felt like my heart rate skyrocketed and my legs were weak.
Very disappointing run. Had confidence going into Pikes, but this killed it.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:24 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:13 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:23 - Green summit
48:13 - started down
1:17:45 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Started at 6:19 pm. Feeling fresh, I went into this hoping to set a PR. So I went out hard. I know better than to go out too hard, but I did it anyway. Fast for me up Amph, but I was hurting at the top, and I just slowed from there on. Legs felt OK, but I was breathing super-hard and not making good time. I'm wondering if nearly two weeks at lower elevation affected me.
After topping out, I looked around for lady bugs. They're all on one tree and nowhere near as thick as a couple years ago.
Was all over the place on the descent. Walked a fair bit. Jogged some easy. Tried to run hard a few times but felt like my heart rate skyrocketed and my legs were weak.
Very disappointing run. Had confidence going into Pikes, but this killed it.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:24 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:13 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:23 - Green summit
48:13 - started down
1:17:45 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Sanitas
From Centennial Park TH (Sanitas parking), up Sunshine on trail, Timber Trail, etc, up west side of Sanitas; down East Ridge and Sanitas Valley.
BTR night run. Started at 8:32 pm.
0:00 - Centennial Park TH
1:24:56 - Centennial Park TH
HokaStinson
BTR night run. Started at 8:32 pm.
0:00 - Centennial Park TH
1:24:56 - Centennial Park TH
HokaStinson
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