Devil's Thumb
We ran the Devil's Thumb route yesterday late in the afternoon. This is an excellent hill climb with ~2,100 feet in elevation gain in under 3 miles. We did a shorter 6 mile hike yesterday as a recovery from our long run the day before, and decided to do the Devil's Thumb hill run to get in a good hill climb today. There is still some snow on the last .5 mile before treeline, with some serious post holing. However, it was passable and we put in a solid effort. I did it in 1:32 this time - including tagging the actual thumb.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Long Training Run
Long Training Run
Did a longer training run today to see how things would go. Felt good most of the way, no walking on the hills and kept up a good pace for most of the flats and downs. Had three drop bags for water and fuel: one at the end of Creekside, one at the turn onto Kings Creek, and one at the top of Leland near Zoom. Seemed to work out well. Add two miles to what the map says due to mapping errors. Overall, not a bad ~23 miles run at 9,000+. Did it in 4:02 today.
Did a longer training run today to see how things would go. Felt good most of the way, no walking on the hills and kept up a good pace for most of the flats and downs. Had three drop bags for water and fuel: one at the end of Creekside, one at the turn onto Kings Creek, and one at the top of Leland near Zoom. Seemed to work out well. Add two miles to what the map says due to mapping errors. Overall, not a bad ~23 miles run at 9,000+. Did it in 4:02 today.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Grand Surf
Grand Surf
The Grand Surf project finally went down this morning. An amazing line on an amazing boulder! Still a couple projects to be had at the Titans...
The Grand Surf project finally went down this morning. An amazing line on an amazing boulder! Still a couple projects to be had at the Titans...
Monday, May 14, 2012
Monday Run
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.
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.
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.
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