Monday Run
Another great loop run in the Fraser Valley! This run has three climbs and three descents, with some good flats in between. Took a slightly slower pace then yesterday's run, but still managed to put in the same time with slightly more distance. (???) Park at Deadhorse, run up Old Byers, then jump on the Byers road to St. Louis, down that to King Creek, up King Creek (second climb and third climb) to Fools Creek, then down that and back around to the trailhead. You can stay on King Creek to the waterboard road and then down, which adds 1.5 miles. Legs are feeling good, kept a solid pace on all hills and flats. Took 1:22 on this run.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Sunday Run
Elk Creek - D2 - Waterboard - Secret Trail - Zoom
Did a faster run last night. The map doesn't have the secret trail on it (for obvious reasons), but it only adds perhaps .5 miles more of fun single track. Really tried to push on all of the climbs and keep the pace up on the flats. Felt good overall. Did it in 1:23. Really inspired with all of the amazing trail running possibilities here - there are so many options and hardly a soul out there.
Did a faster run last night. The map doesn't have the secret trail on it (for obvious reasons), but it only adds perhaps .5 miles more of fun single track. Really tried to push on all of the climbs and keep the pace up on the flats. Felt good overall. Did it in 1:23. Really inspired with all of the amazing trail running possibilities here - there are so many options and hardly a soul out there.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Saturday Recovery Hike
Saturday Recovery Hike
Did a quick recovery hike late on Saturday. Felt fine, but I don't want to ramp up the miles too fast, so we just decided to hike this route and see how much snow there was. As soon as Byers melts out, this is the first part of that longer run.
Did a quick recovery hike late on Saturday. Felt fine, but I don't want to ramp up the miles too fast, so we just decided to hike this route and see how much snow there was. As soon as Byers melts out, this is the first part of that longer run.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Friday Training Run
Friday Training Run
Working on different loops at different paces to get ready for this season. This is the first year that I have actually done any official races, let alone kept track of routes and mileage via a website. We will see what happens...
This is a nice loop with a solid climb from Creekside up to Kings Creek road. Started out mellow and then picked up the pace once I hit the waterboard road from Creekside. Felt good on the climb, keeping a fairly decent pace from there all the way to Zoom, at which point I turned it up a notch for the decent.
Working on different loops at different paces to get ready for this season. This is the first year that I have actually done any official races, let alone kept track of routes and mileage via a website. We will see what happens...
This is a nice loop with a solid climb from Creekside up to Kings Creek road. Started out mellow and then picked up the pace once I hit the waterboard road from Creekside. Felt good on the climb, keeping a fairly decent pace from there all the way to Zoom, at which point I turned it up a notch for the decent.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Shadow Mountain Run
Shadow Mountain
The Shadow Mountain run is a great early season mini-peak run along the shores of Grand Lake and Shadow Mountain Reservoir. Although it is an out-and-back (not my favorite), the run sees little traffic (especially early in the season) and offers spectacular views from the top. It took us about 2 hours to do the out-and-back. Obviously, it can be done faster, but since this was one of our first "hill" runs of the season, not too bad.
The Shadow Mountain run is a great early season mini-peak run along the shores of Grand Lake and Shadow Mountain Reservoir. Although it is an out-and-back (not my favorite), the run sees little traffic (especially early in the season) and offers spectacular views from the top. It took us about 2 hours to do the out-and-back. Obviously, it can be done faster, but since this was one of our first "hill" runs of the season, not too bad.
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