Been wanting to get up and do this one again since I first ran it last year. I'm still calling it the best route in our local hills. Has a bit of it all, sweet mellow single track, brutal climbs, some off trail scrambling, ridge running, lots of peaks and a big 5000 foot drop back to the car.
I was beat going in, and was prepared to turn around at any point if I wasn't feeling it. The first 10 miles climb almost 5000 feet to the top of Mt Allen, and it was slow and painful on heavy legs. I did run (with ample shuffling) every step to the peak again, and comparing to last year's Garmin data, I guess I PR'ed by less than a minute, wouldn't have guessed that at all.
Pretty much that's where all comparison's ended. The last half was a struggle, I was shot! Death marched and shuffled the last 5 miles, "Running" down Wheeler's slower than I ran up. Ha! looking forward to a few very easy daze!
Run stats: 22.5 miles, 5900 vert
Week: 17,000 vert, 71 miles
Pics from last year:
Ridge section starts on rocky peak on the right (Mt Allen) and follows the skyline over all the high points to the peak on the far left.
Mt Ogden on left and Allen on right on the way up.
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