Pikes

Meh.

The exciting part of the weekend was Fri/Sat, when I went on a SAR call to help some hikers get off the mountain.  Got to the summit around midnight, had to hike down about half a mile and escort them out, very slowly.  Two of the eight hikers got put on oxygen, the others just went real slow.  Like an hour from the top of the golden stairs slow.  Oof.

No excuses, I signed up for SAR and I knew what I was getting into.  But I had nothing to give on Saturday and luckily ended up just under four hours.  I had guessed I'd run close to that, but I didn't think I'd feel so awful doing so.  At least the kazoo band at the Cirque played Pearl Jam for me.

I got a good nights sleep after the Ascent and woke up thinking I'd do a lot better, and then I got word that the Marathon had been shortened.  I ran a lot better, getting to Barr Camp ten minutes faster and feeling good, but it was all for naught.  Couldn't even go to the Royal after the race as the place closed down a few weeks ago.

My tenth double.  14 Ascents and 12 Marathons (including this ultra half marathon finish).

Time to change things up as I have a bunch of road marathons coming up.  Not expecting much at Detroit in mid October, but I'd like to take a crack at a sub 3:30 in Eugene next April.