Did the face route of Table Mtn in the Tetons. 4 miles over 4000 (4500?) vert gain. Round trip was 2:24, would've been faster if I didn't have to pass 40 people on the way down on super steep loose single track where passing is nearly impossible without impaling both parties. My last summit time up Table was doing the huckleberry route, 6 miles up, and it took me 2:15 to summit. So even with less mileage, I think my vert is improving. Also was nice to feel only a glimmer of the altitude... glad that hasn't been a real issue to me.
I WAS going to take teton canyon to hurricane pass after table rock. But here's how a period ruins a run:
1. Baby boy wakes up 5 times during the night having anxiety about you running in the mountains. This makes you feel bad, increases the fatigue, decreases ability to think straight.
2. You start bleeding in bear country and have nothing to take care of it.... you just hope that all the hikers you see don't notice.
3. You start crying on said trail run because you feel like a terrible mother for causing said baby boy such anxiety that you run back to the car in tears, determined to quit trail running.
...then 6 hours later, diva cup in and emotions in check, you feel like a bloody idiot for not taking advantage of the chance to run 30 miles in the tetons.
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