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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
November Ascent of Pikes Peak
Climbed the mountain via an obscure seldom traveled trail on the SW slopes.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Friday, October 05, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
My Epic Weekend
My plan for the epic weekend was to run the Hardrock 100
starting at 6 AM on Friday morning the 13th of July and finish in about 36
hours: in time to drive (ride) six hours to Leadville in time to show up at the
starting line for the Leadville Silver Rush 50 at 6 AM on Sunday the 15th so I
could keep on track for a Leadman finish for 2012. I fell short of that goal.
Hardrock is hard! To reach 60 miles at Grouse Gulch (where I
dropped) you have to go over five Hope Passes on steroids!! I was unable to
hold down calories, vomiting up any calories I had taken in plus all my water
every time I went over 12,000' in elevation. The last 15 miles took me and my
pacer, John Courtney 10 hours to complete. Do the math. I was running on empty.
I first took a 20 minute nap at Grouse, then I took an hour and a half nap. I
was no better able to continue after that rest than when I first plodded into
the aide station. Harry Harcrow had been at the Grouse Gulch aide station for
eight hours getting sick and sleeping. I talked him into getting back on the
course, which he did, finishing in 41 hours. He tried to talk me into getting
back on the course too, but I was too weak and I still couldn't eat. I felt bad
for Rick Hessek who had driven all the way down from Colorado Springs to pace
me for the final 40 miles, but I just didn't have it.
I withdrew and we drove back to Silverton for breakfast. I
ate only four bites of the food I got from the buffet, I felt so nauseous.
Rebekka drove us to our room in Twin Lakes where we got a
gourmet meal from the proprietors of the Twin Lakes Roadhouse. Really very well
done! The gourmet meal was only for guests of the hotel. We went to bed at 7:30
and I just thought that I would show up at the starting line and see what
happened.
Well, what happened is I started off slowly in the 50 miler
then I accelerated to the turn around. I saw Clark Sundahl was about 200 yards
ahead of me at the turn around and I got a little fire in my eyes. I kept him
in sight until I finally reeled him at mile 35 and I just kept pounding it. Ran
up the long hill passing another dozen or so runners and finally finished in 9
hours 7 minutes. Not bad for an old fart who struggled through 60 miles the
previous day!
Friday, June 22, 2012
Tour de Pikes Peak, June 17, 2012
Last Sunday Larry DeWitt and I ran to the summit of Pikes Peak via the Barr Trail. We descended on the Cog tracks to just above Windy Point, where we dropped down to an old toll road that took us down to Boehmer Reservoir and lower lakes and eventually back to the Barr Trail.
Saturday, June 09, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Born to Run 50K, May 19th, 2012
Los Olivos, California
“The fog is welcome. Hope it lingers.” I offered as small talk in the early miles. “I grew up in Lompoc. I’ve got a love hate relationship with the fog.” Was the response from the guy running next to me. On the central California coast a few miles inland and north of Santa Barbara, on an 8,000 acre ranch, several hundred ultra runners competed on a 20 mile figure eight course. I ran the 50K which was one complete figure eight, followed by a repeat of the first ten miles and finishing with an out and back to round it up to 31 miles. The other races were a ten-miler, a 100K, and a 100 miler.
The race director, Luis Escobar is a mini-celebrity in the ultra community, having been featured in the popular “Born to Run” book. A month before the race ultra legend Micah True went on a run from his hotel room in New Mexico and didn’t return. He was found a couple days later dead beside a creek. When this series of runs in California were re-dedicated to his memory I made a snap decision to go run the 50K. Rebekka and I bought plane tickets, reserved hotel rooms, rental car and made it happen.
The first loop of ten miles included runners running only ten miles. Ten or more runners spurted out in front of me for an early lead and after five miles about four more passed me. I had no idea how many of them would be running the 50K or longer. I finished the first ten miles of trail in 1:18 and saw quite a few runners who had cashed it in after 10 miles. I asked someone how many were ahead of me, but they didn’t know. A couple miles later on the second loop at the first aide station I learned that only two runners were ahead of me. One of them was running the 100K.
For the remainder of the run, over twenty miles, I ran by myself ultimately finishing second in the 50K with a time of 4:16. The final 10 mile loop was identical to the first 10 mile loop. I ran the first loop in 1:18 and the last in 1:21. The last mile, an out and back, I ran in seven minutes. The winner ran 4:02.
Along the way I saw about a dozen wild turkeys, a couple rabbits, and a recently dead cow with buzzards all over it. The cow had a dead calf half emerged from its birth canal and blood flowing from its mouth, so its death was quite recent. Eerie.
“The fog is welcome. Hope it lingers.” I offered as small talk in the early miles. “I grew up in Lompoc. I’ve got a love hate relationship with the fog.” Was the response from the guy running next to me. On the central California coast a few miles inland and north of Santa Barbara, on an 8,000 acre ranch, several hundred ultra runners competed on a 20 mile figure eight course. I ran the 50K which was one complete figure eight, followed by a repeat of the first ten miles and finishing with an out and back to round it up to 31 miles. The other races were a ten-miler, a 100K, and a 100 miler.
The race director, Luis Escobar is a mini-celebrity in the ultra community, having been featured in the popular “Born to Run” book. A month before the race ultra legend Micah True went on a run from his hotel room in New Mexico and didn’t return. He was found a couple days later dead beside a creek. When this series of runs in California were re-dedicated to his memory I made a snap decision to go run the 50K. Rebekka and I bought plane tickets, reserved hotel rooms, rental car and made it happen.
The first loop of ten miles included runners running only ten miles. Ten or more runners spurted out in front of me for an early lead and after five miles about four more passed me. I had no idea how many of them would be running the 50K or longer. I finished the first ten miles of trail in 1:18 and saw quite a few runners who had cashed it in after 10 miles. I asked someone how many were ahead of me, but they didn’t know. A couple miles later on the second loop at the first aide station I learned that only two runners were ahead of me. One of them was running the 100K.
For the remainder of the run, over twenty miles, I ran by myself ultimately finishing second in the 50K with a time of 4:16. The final 10 mile loop was identical to the first 10 mile loop. I ran the first loop in 1:18 and the last in 1:21. The last mile, an out and back, I ran in seven minutes. The winner ran 4:02.
Along the way I saw about a dozen wild turkeys, a couple rabbits, and a recently dead cow with buzzards all over it. The cow had a dead calf half emerged from its birth canal and blood flowing from its mouth, so its death was quite recent. Eerie.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
May Ascent of Pikes Peak
This time I did it from the Southwest side of the Peak, on an obscure trail that goes up from Bison Reservoir.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Pikes Peak Summit Run
My 2012 project is to run to the top of Pikes Peak every month of 2012. January and February are done, ten more months to go.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 09, 2012
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