The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old

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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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A long morning in Detroit and I thought this might be a good time to start some running again.  I dragged myself down to the hotel workout room since it was cold out and hopped on the treadmill.  After three miles I couldn't take it anymore!  I just have zero motivation for any running right now, especially on a hamster wheel.  But I did log some miles for the mileage board!

I'm thinking next Monday will be the perfect time to start some training.  Good news is that I have a great hiking trip planned for Arizona Wednesday..

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A great trail day.  With a day off and no kids I grabbed my tent and hopped a flight to Phoenix last night.  I've been wanting to hike the Four Peaks trail since I fly over the mountains on the approach into Denver and they are the highest in Maricopa Coun ty at just about 8,000.  The hike is about 16 miles long with a 6,000 foot climb.  I had a Jeep reserved but when I got to the counter they had replaced it with a minivan, brand new, 659 miles on it.  I aged that thing 5 years today.

The Four Peaks Wilderness Area is at the end of a 20 mile road as remote as anything I've seen.  Pure Hell in a car.  I camped at the 2,000 foot level for the night.  The temp was 35 in the morning but with crystal clear skies I knew it would warm fast and just put on shorts and a shirt.  But after a mile I hit snow, deep, and I could either turn around for warmer gear or turn this into a trail run.  It ended up being a pretty cool run for Phoenix; blazing sun in 18 inches of snow.  When I hit about 6,000 feet it got cold fast and was no longer a hike, the last part of this trail is Class 4 up a scree filled ravine.  (In the summer)  The problem was, all the snow was collecting in there from the surrounding rocky peaks and I went right up to my waist in it.  In running shorts.  So I had to climb the east face.  I was shaking pretty good by the time I got on top and couldn't get feeling back into my fingers.  No way I could climb that face back down.  I was much too cold, so I blasted down that snow chute.  I couldn't feel my legs either now, but 1,500 feet lower it warmed up as fast as I was hoping it would and I was back to running the trail.  Pretty lucky to reach that peak today.

I then drove over to Fountain Hills and hiked the Sonoran Trail on the West side of the Mcdowell Mt Regional Park.  It was close to 75 degrees F on this trail, so a nice change.  At a local bike shop the owner said this trail eventually climbed the highest peak overlooking Fountain Hills.  But after 3 miles it was obvious that it only circumnavigated the mountain so I jumped off it and headed straight up the mountain.  Pretty soon I came across a rocky trail that went straight up and it had to be close to 50 degrees incline.  One of the best running mountains ever!  I've got to find this trail on a map. In all, 22 miles of trail today.  Dawn to dusk. 

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This is a test today to see if Jake's paste method for putting pics on FRB works. 

 

Ha Ha!  He's a genius!  This is my GPS track from Google Earth of my climb up the West face of Brown's Wednesday.  I had to go all over that mountain to get up and down it, around all the ice and snow.

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