Another week in the books. The aggregate stats are pretty much a normal week, but somehow it felt like much more. I had a great day in the mountains on Saturday hitting
four 14ers. It wasn't an epic day other than the fact that it is just a rare treat for me to get up that high (nine total 14ers climbed now). But, it was 4+ hours on my feet, 3500 feet of vert and a boat load of time up high. And, of course, it is always special to spend a day with my son, doing anything.
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From the false summit on Democrat. I never get sick of the views up this high! |
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Looking up the final pitch to summit Democrat |
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Dylan is a natural! He has climbed four 14ers and he's only 9. He needs trail shoes though! |
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Looking North over the ridge between Democrat and Cameron. Amazing. |
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Same view over the ridge. |
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One more for good measure! |
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From Mt Cameron looking straight ahead at Mt Lincoln. |
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The summit of Mt Lincoln. I was the only one on the summit without a Jacket! |
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The steep, loose descent down from Mt Bross. I "surfed" this descent for the most part. |
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Another view of the descent. |
I followed it up with a solid, but once again unspectacular, run on Sunday. Twenty-one easy trail miles with a few hill repeats. Changing my current trend, I took no food on this run and just got by on fluids for 3+ hours. The sum total was an 11 hour week, so I am happy with that. Next week will once again be tough because I am pacing and crewing my buddy Chuck at the Leadville 100. After that, things turn somewhat normal and I hope to find a nice final block of training before I put a wrap on this cycle.
On a positive note, things have been somewhat crazy the past few weeks, but I have managed a block of 215 miles and 39K of vert the past 4 weeks. The mileage is low, but the vert is high. I sort of expected that is how it would workout as I switched to Bear 100 training. If I can squeeze it in, I may try to bag another trip up Hope Pass this weekend.
Day | Miles | Notes |
Monday | Off | Rest |
Tuesday | Off | Rest
Strength Training |
Wednesday | 9 | Easy w/ Progression |
Thursday | 6 | Easy w/ Strides |
Friday | 9 | Easy
Strength Training |
Saturday | 8 | Democrat + Cameron + Lincoln + Bross |
Sunday | 21 | Bluffs + Open Space + Coyote Ridge |
Total | 51 | About 7,700 feet of vert |
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