Sprained ankle of sorts, not enough icing yesterday so it is swollen and sore. Hobbled a little with Hud at Dry Creek
Week ending Sunday September 16
Hudson 7.4 miles - he was ok with a mellow week
Chris 42.5 miles with 8,036' and 3 summits (Green, Bear, Evans) plus a fun race
SATURDAY
Short jaunt with Hud at Dry Creek early am before my race. Saw an owl carrying off a dead bunny - at least parts of it. Yikes
Ran the Rattlesnake Ramble, a 4.25 mile race with 825' at Eldorado Canyon State Park. Maybe 115 people including several local legends - plus other legends working the race. Went out running behind the women's Masters course record holder at first and settled back with others who I ran with the rest of the race. Narrow single-track on the first climb that was shared on both the up and down. On the way down nearly had a brutal wipe-out but surprisingly avoided and earned a "nice-save" comment. Saw one tumble on the second climb. Near the finish was sprinting trying to hold off someone behind but was unable. Finished 38:09 in 41/105. Left after enjoying free breakfast - which was too bad as it turned out there were raffle prizes for everyone. I missed out on prizes such as a "Women of Climbing Calendar"
Video of the finish. I'm at 1:09. The guy pointing to the finisher's chute is "Homie" the guy who tried to summit all 58 14'ers in less than 11 days (he did maybe 41 14'ers in 7 days before injury)
RSR 2012a from WgH Productions on Vimeo.
Maureen and I headed up to Mt Evans for our annual run to the summit as the road from Summit Lake closes to cars after Labor Day. It was an awesome day - sunny and warm with some chilly winds. 12 miles RT with just under 1,500' of gain
FRIDAY
Dry Creek with Hud. Ran into a lady who chucked tennis balls for her dog and Hudson awhile
THURSDAY
Met up with Leadville Chuck early to run both Green and Bear. Wandered off-trail on Green which is always fun. Saw local legend Anton - who needs to work on a more jolly "good morning" - on the summit
Headed down a new'ish trail to Bear - but it was closed half-way due to the fire. So...we had to take the long way and go out to the Mesa trail and up Fern Canyon. Fun scramble to the summit where we hung out for awhile. Heading back down LC wandered down a steeper section and almost had a nasty fall but all OK
Headed out to Mesa and back to Chautauqua to Gregory Canyon. 14.1 miles and maybe 5,000'
One of my fave races last year has yet again outstanding race shirts this year:
WEDNESDAY
Day off due to rain and drinks last night
TUESDAY
Dry Creek with Hud. Hung with Preston - who was approached by a coyote on Monday apparently
South Boulder TH and goofed around for 4.7 miles - mixed in with having to take a work call with lousy coverage
MONDAY
Dry Creek with Hud
