Old Man Still running

Ran a double Timp.   I used the fact that many friends would be up on the mountain at night as a motivater to do the second trip.  It is so hard to push yourself to do the second trip, but having people you know up there helps a ton.   It was the usual Timp fun.   I did take a couple falls coming down the first time and now have some new wounds on my arms.  I hit the boys and girls coming up with about 30 minutes to go on trip one.  They were moving well and we said quick his.  Dan Varga had hip problems so ran back down with me.  It was nice to have company.  My first trip was 3:56, not speedy, but not bad.  I spent about ten minutes at the car reloading and eating and then hit the trail again.  I met the boys and girls again in the basin, all doing well.   The rest of the trip up was dark and lonely.  I struggled a bit more pushing the summit, not eating enough.  But I got two down. On the way down, I ruled out doing three.  I had hoped for at least three, but I was feeling too thrashed, a third would just be a hike.  But what really ruled it out was the storm coming in.  The lightning was amazing, lighting up all the cliffs like daylight.  It remained to the north but still looked bad.   I wondered about all the groups still heading up.  When I reached the trailhead, about ten feet from my car I felt two drops of rain.  I got in the car and within a few seconds it really poured hard.  I made it just in time.  While driving down the road, I saw a bolt of lightning hit the road in front up me, not more than 100 feet.  Wow!   It was pretty scary until I got out of the canyon.

Ran around Duck Mountain in the Uintas.  Video on my facebook page.

Went to Hardrock to pace Mike Place, but he had to drop at mile 15 so I drove to Laramie to run the Happy Jack 24-hour race.  During the night my lead built to 18 miles so I lost motivation to push hard, packed it in at 21.5 hours with the victory at 78 miles.

Ran with my brother Bob up Dry Canyon, the start of the Bear 100 course.

Morning run up Cub River Canyon on portions of the old Bear 100 course.

Loop run up and over a northern peak on Lake Mountain down to Eagle Mountain city center and then in the foothills, aid station stop at the Ranches, and then home.  Grand Mesa 100 on Saturday.

Grand Mesa 100 DNF due to heavy rain.  Details on my blog.