Summit junkie!

Just some easy TM miles.

Weights at the gym for an hour. I think I might need to pick a new night for lifting at the AF fitness center. I have been lifting every Monday night for about 4 years now (although you wouldn't know it by the size of my guns). It was so crowded and annoying. Usually the New Years folks are all gone by now and it is relatively quiet, but not this year.

Lunch run with Jun and Dorsimus on the BST in Draper/Sandy. I showed up at the trailhead and thought Karl Meltzer would be joining us, as he was chatting with the boys, but he took off a little before we did.

Jun set a really good pace and it wasn't long before Karl came into view, but I think he pushed his pace a bit and we never did quite catch up to him before he turned off on another trail at mile 3. It was very humid out there today and the weather was just fickle. It would be hot for a few minutes and then windy and cold with some mist and light showers mixed in, and then back to hot.

Once we got up to Corner Canyon we started getting into more mud and when we turned off on the Clark's trail it was mostly muddy all the way down, but we still managed to run a pretty fast pace. At the bottom we took a trail back up to the BST and then had a nice easy run back to the cars, although the wind picked up and was a little annoying. When we stopped to take a quick break at the top of the largest hill we saw a golden eagle flying just below us. It was really impressive to watch it glide around with ease.

1500 ft of gain.

4 easy on the TM

Mt. Wire/BST run with MattV

I went to sleep at midnight and woke up at 3:00 and had a tough time falling back asleep. I finally did and then the alarm woke me up at 4:30. The wind was fierce outside and I was hoping it was a lot calmer in SLC. Met Matt at 5:30 and we were off by 5:40.

We ran where we could and hiked the hills up to the ridge. We were not pushing hard today. We just had a nice pace and a lot of laughs. It was only slightly windy on the trail on the way up, but it was a lot colder than we thought it would be. The higher we went the more wind we had and by time we reached the towers it was really blowing, so we ran hard the rest of the way to the top, reaching the summit in 48:00. We only stayed for a few seconds and then quickly made our way back down to the saddle.

The run down was not fast. We talked all the way down about future plans and some mountaineering stuff and then when we got back to the BST we ran north all the way to Red Butte Canyon and back to the cars, picking up an extra couple of miles.

Lake Mountain with MattV

 I met Matt at 7:00 am for a run up Lake Mountain. I love this run. It was a lot warmer than both of us thought it would be and we both lost a shirt after the first mile. We ran as much as we could today, only hiking the steepest sections. We tried to run several of the big hills and it was a lot of fun and we had some good laughs. About a mile from the top there was a truck that had gone off the road into a gully in one of the steepest sections. We stopped and checked it out and found a Brooks and Dunn CD (Surprise!!), a pair of rustler jeans and a few old shirts. No treasure!

We made it to the top in 1:15 and we took a few peak jumping photos and then a couple showed up on the summit. They had come up on a ridge and had a bit of a bushwhack. We told them the easy way to get down and then we took off. I love running down this mountain. After the first steep rocky section I ran the next 3 miles fast at 6:33, 6:44 and 6:46. It was a lot of fun. I cruised all the way back to the car and then went back up to meet Matt to get in a little more mileage. I will definitely be back several times this year.

Total time: 1:48

Vert 3100 ft. and about 7k for the week.