Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Happy Summer!
Too much time since my last update, but the arrival of summer and the opening of the 4x4 passes around Silverton have provided me with the necessary inspiration and incredible new terrain to share my latest adventures running in the mountains. Although I''d been averaging somwhere between 40 and 50 miles a week all through May, every mile of trail I consumed was in and around Durango and Sailing Hawks, Animas City Mountain, and the Colorado Trail from Junction Creek. Monotonous to say the least... no surprise that blogging became just a little tedious. Anyways, I've camped in Silverton the last two weekends, getting in 3 solid runs at altitude each weekend, and savoring the terrain that these 4x4 roads offer. The consequences of our huge winter here in SW Colorado are obvious in the mountains around Silverton. Most trails will be buried until late or August and the snow pack above 10,000 feet or so is simply massive - it still looks like winter up there. Thankfully for my purposes the town of Silverton plows (more like a perilous excavation with a huge bulldozer) the 4x4 passes that lead to Ouray, Lake City, Ophir, and Creede. Running these roads is as much as I can ask for -they're beautiful, dry, runnable, and the perfect training for the Barr Mountain Trail race and the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon. So, the camping has been beautiful but chilly and the runs have been tough but simply amazing. Last but not least, I finally invested in a Garmin 305 GPS training watch and HR monitor. The GPS function is awesome - so much data, though I am most interested in elevation and distance. This last weekend I made use of it for the first time, tracking all 3 runs in Silverton. Below are my first attempts to integrate some of the GPS info into this blog... thanks for your patience...
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