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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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42.800.000.000.0042.80

The most spectacular mountain running day of my life. At least so far. The perfect un-storm in Colorado created a dry line through the Rockies which looked to last two days. Basically, perfect dry sunshine with pretty much zero chance of any clouds, lightning, or afternoon thundercells.

Starting at 3:30am I ran Mt Sheridan, then Sherman. Drove 30 minutes to Kite Lake Trailhead and summited Democrat, Lincoln, Cameron, and Bross. Got a quick breakfast in Alma and drove 30 minutes to Quandary. Ran the summit trail to Quandary, my new favorite 14er in Colorado. Had lunch in Breckenridge and summited Grays and Torrys, drove 30 minutes to Guanella Pass to try and summit Bierstadt and Evans but ran out of time since I had to catch an 8pm flight home so I could only do one more.

I trail ran eight 14,000 foot peaks and three 13,000 foot in a day. Over 42 miles of pure elevation running, nearly all above 12,500. Climbed just over 17,000 feet doing it. Wish I had more time to wrote about this incredible experience. I ran this day as fast as I could, max effort on the ascents and using the short car time as rests.

Video link of about five minutes of trail time from the GoPro:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=viEhT3ELq-s

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 16:09:24 from 141.221.191.225

Wow, quite the run! You are an animal!

From Steve on Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 21:31:59 from 66.87.126.16

Thanks. It was one of the best days I've ever had running.

From Jake K on Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 14:40:52 from 159.212.71.77

Big day - those are some great mountains!

I'm still waiting for a big Sawatch Range run from you...

From Steve on Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 15:31:18 from 66.87.126.181

I'm ramping up to it. I'm going to run Nolans 14. I just had a friend fail finishing that one. I needed a taste of multiple ascents, and the planning that goes into running the 14ers is time consuming. If another window opens up before October 15th I'll go for it. Anton K only got through seven of those. I'm not incredibly fast but the altitude doesn't seem to affect me like most. My splits are the same above 13,000.

From Steve on Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 15:32:43 from 66.87.126.181

http://www.irunfar.com/2012/08/jared-campbell-and-matt-harts-complete-nolans-14.html

From Jon on Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 16:38:04 from 107.203.52.135

Wow. Just wow.

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