Summit junkie!

Lifting at the gym with Kristina for 1:15 working upper body/core.

Bootcamp at the gym with Kristina. Cardio/weight circuits. Sprints. Sweaty and pretty worked.

View Benchmark Peak group run with Neasts, Je10, Craig, Rad, BenL, Chad, Nate and Becky:

We had an excellent group and a really fun run to the summit of VB via Ann's off of Vintage View. Chad pushed a fast pace and the rest of us went at a normal climbing pace. I led the group up to the Maple Hollow trailhead, so it was probably slower than some would have liked. :)

We spent a few mins on the summit checking out the views and the sunrise and then cruised back down. The pace picked up on the descent and I really enjoyed it. Fun morning.  

Grandeur Peak with CraigL and MattW:

Don't you wish every morning could start like this?

I had a blast this morning climbing Grandeur Peak with Craig and Matt. We met at 5:00 am at Chruch Fork in Millcreek Canyon to drop off our cars and then Craig drove us back to the West Ridge parking lot where we started our climb. We didn't go super fast. We just put it into cruise control and talked and laughed the whole way up. Up on the summit we had one of the best sunrises of the year, so we stayed up there longer than normal. I took a gel and then we ran down the Church Fork side.

I always enjoy this run and today it was spectacular. We didn't see a soul and I just enjoyed the views winding down the canyon. Back at the Pipeline Craig kept going up to Elbow Fork, but Matt and I had to get into work, so we ran back to the canyon road together. Excellent morning.

3 nice and easy with Kristina.

View Benchmark solo:

I had to coach a soccer game in the morning, so by time I had a chance to run it was already hot. Good thing I was feeling really good and fresh at the start. From Vintage View Dr. I put on some 80s new wave classics and felt great cruising up the hill much faster than I normally do. As I started to run the final road up to the top I saw a few lightning strikes on the far summit on the ridge. The storm looked nasty, but it was still sunny over VB. I knew I had to hurry, so I pushed pretty hard all the way to the top, running all of the hills and once I hit the summit I turned right around and went down. I saw a few more strikes on the way down, but the storm was moving pretty slow, so I wasn't worried.

I stopped at the water fountain at the Maple Hollow trailhead and took a gel and I was feeling a slight bit bonky because I hadn't had much to eat all day and that definitely boosted my energy. I had a very fun cruise down blasting some good tunes and I felt great the whole way.