Mt. Wire solo:
I had a meeting with a potential client in Research Park and after the meeting I decided to take my lunch break running up Wire since I was right there. I parked at the zoo, quickly changed my clothes and I ran across the street to the trailhead. I wanted to push myself today, so I decided to go for a PR. My previous fastest time up was 40 minutes and my goal was to go under 40 although I wasn't planning to go ballsout I wanted to push it hard the whole way up.
The mountain was socked in with clouds and it was pretty cold at the start, but I knew I would heat up quickly and I am loving my new Brooks jacket so I knew I would be warm. I have worn it 4-5 times and have yet to get cold. I started off pretty fast and ran everything, but the steepest climbs where I would move to a power hike. As I made my way up the mountain the clouds started to burn off a bit and I could see across the canyon. Perkins Peak had a nice dusting of snow and the views were really cool out there. I kept pushing the pace all the way up the mountain. I hit the second saddle just after 30 minutes and I knew I would be close to getting the summit under 40. I passed the towers in 38 minutes and ran it in hard all the way to the top where I summited in just over 39 minutes. Primal scream. My heart was pounding out of my chest and my core was burning. Awesome. I know I can do it faster, but that was a hard effort.
At the top the clouds had once again enveloped the entire mountain, there was a slight dusting of snow up there and it was cold, so I took a gel and started the run back down. Just below the saddle I ran into a guy and girl coming up which was surprising. They were the only people I saw on the entire mountain during the run. The run down was damp and cool. I was running in a massive cloud and I finally came out of it at the first saddle and had a view of the entire city, so I stopped to take a picture. I had a nice run all the way back to the zoo at an easy 8:30 pace. | 