Monday, June 15, 2026

Springs Downhill Mile/Garden 10

Mon - incline 17.

Tues - run commute 61, five there and six back.

Wed - run commute 62, five there and six back.

Thurs - run commute 63.  Planned for a longer run home but I ran into Tremboli and Carson on the Santa Fe trail.  They were on their way to Goat Patch Brewing so I joined them.

Fri - nice 7.5 miler on the Garden trails in the AM.  Was planning on an evening incline but as I was leaving the house the SAR alarm went off and I headed up to Palmer Lake to help find a lost hiker.

Sat - Springs Downhill Mile.  Officially 5:46, my Garmin had my mile at 5:38 with a long course.  Solid effort, I was hurting really bad the last quarter mile.  Then off to hang with the SAR dogs.  After that I was on my way over to the incline when the damn SAR alarm went off again.  Did end up at the top of the Incline, but I got a ride up.  Ended up getting to drive our off road vehicle back down Longs Ranch Road which was fun.

Sun - Garden 10 miler.  1:13:31.  Love this race.  Ran smart and pushed hard.  Saw a buddy a ways up at the Balanced Rock turnaround and I spent the next 2.5 miles trying to catch him.  Was really in the hurt locker the final three miles of the race.  On the last steep hill he caught a peek of me sneaking up on him and he surged and got a little gap on me, and that was enough that I couldn't catch him over the final miles.  

Decent week.  Wanted a few more miles and a bit more vert, but SAR fucked things up on that front.

run - 61 miles, 12 hours, 6900 feet of climbing

hike - 31 miles, 14 hours, 4500 feet of climbing

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