Ave Twin Peaks with Jun, Dorsimus and Je10:
When Jun texted last night about running the Ave Twins smornin' my first thought was "No way the weather is gonna totally blow", but after thinking about it I decided I could make the drive in early before the massive traffic jam that I knew would happen because of the storm, so I decided it was a brilliant idea to get out and run to avoid the crappy commute. We met at the state capitol building at 5:30 am and it was already snowing. It snowed on us the entire run, but we didn't care. The trail wasn't as good as it has been, but it made for a better workout. Our pace wasn't too fast and we just chatted all the way up. The ridge was kind of a mess with deep snow and that slowed us down a lot.
As we approached the first peak Jun and I were making excuses as to why we didn't want to tag the second peak, but Je10 basically called us out and I knew we would end up slogging over to #2. Ah well, it sucked, but it was still fun. We were laughing most of the way over. On #2 we all ate something and I took my glove off and after a few minutes my hand was completely numb. I couldn't even turn off my headlamp for a picture. More laughs and then we slogged back over to #1.
The run/slog down was just as much fun. The conditions were pretty bad, but it didn't seem to bother us at all and we had a blast. I'm not sure what our time was, but I know it was slow. It was a great crew and a really fun morning. | 