1:48 - 9 miles - 12 min/mile pace - 3500 Feet ascent - Baseline road up Green Mtn - then down around flagstaff mtn. boyscout loop then down crown rock trail. Started running at 5 AM - it was the most perfect weather and time of day to be out there, absolutely gorgeous, not cold, not at all hot. Awesome time to be out there. Finally convinced my friend Zach to join me for a mountain run. He did awesome, he was pushing the pace at the top of the climb and I was just barely hanging on. I think I should have eaten something before hand, because I just felt out of juice at the top of the climb and had to walk several of the steeper sections. I've only really run the entire thing up Green 1 time, and it was from the other side which is more moderate. I'm sure I can run the entire front side, but today the energy just wasn't there. Nevertheless I still PR'd up the climb doing it in 46 minutes. At the top another guy came running up shortly after us named Jeff. I asked him his time, and he said it was slow...only 37 minutes. Nice! Love it when my PR is a good 30% slower than another guys slow ascent. Gives me inspiration to keep on improving. Jeff said he runs it 4-5 times a week. Looking forward to a couple more fun trail runs and peak runs this weekend in Utah! ** note later ** I realized in looking at my elevation, that my last mile to the peak today ascended 1200 feet! No wonder I couldn't run it all! My normal route ascends that much over 1.5 miles, but I took the route to the right vs. the left. I probably wasn't lacking energy after all...I think until I gain superhuman powers I can feel just fine about myself hiking a little bit on that steep of a mile (23% avg grade?)...what do you think?
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