Grant Sabin!

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great weekend!

Awesome weekend on the HPb training front.  To recap:

Friday - Pikes Peak summit via the Cog route.  20+ miles, over eight hours on my feet (not counting the half hour I spent above 14,000 feet goofing off), almost 8,000 feet of climbing.

Saturday - Rocky Mountain via the Incline.  Over 3,000 feet of climbing.

Sunday - Barr Camp and back.  4,000 feet of vertical.

Over 13 hours of running and about 15,000 feet of climbing since Friday morning.  Woohoo!

monthly PR

My current PR for monthly mileage is 305.7, set way back in March.

On the last day of May, I'm currently sitting at 298.5.

My legs are still fried from all the climbing I've done over the past two days, but I think I have it in me to set a new record.  

Off to the Incline Club!

Pikes Peak!

Made it.  Took me over eight hours due to heavy snow on top, as well as a lackadasical pace the entire way.  Had a lot of fun, though.  My 14th trip up Pikes Peak.  And to top it off, Mrs Arizona 2009 Melanie Britton was waiting for me at the top.

See another pic of her on Pikes over here.  Chad in AZ, eat your heart out!

pics

Pics from the Kimchi and Denver hashes, as well as all the Bolder Boulder pics, can be seen here.

Pikes Peak or bust!

Off on my first attempt of the season!  Woohoo!

167.8

My first weigh in, 167.8 pounds at 5:30AM.  

HOLYSHITIT'SAFUCKINGBEAR!

While most people would run away if they saw a bear, I guess Texans think the correct course of action is to stop and take pictures. Here are two pics of the bear seen at Jemez, near the bottom of the out and back up to Caballo mountain.

Jemez sheep pics

At the pipeline aid station at Jemez, only 11 more miles to go, the aid station volunteers required you to pose with the sheep mascot before you could leave. Here's my shot:


More importantly, here's the shot of my new ultracrush. Mmmm...that's one lucky sheep!

He's back!

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160

Decided it's finally time I start whittling down to my race goal weight of 160 pounds. There are only 44 more days 'till I toe the line at Silverton. I've been weighing in between 167 and 171 for over a month now. One would think it wouldn't be hard to drop 7 pounds in 1.5 months, but my dietary habits aren't exactly anywhere near decent, and I am unwilling to make any compromise in my alcohol consumption. I went into HR last year at 165 pounds, which worked out well, but I think I'd be better just a little lighter. Five pounds over 100 miles of mountains makes a pretty significant difference.

I'll start posting my weight when I can just to hold me accountable. I have a digital scale at my place. Katie has been unable to find a scale that can record her weight, so when I stay there I can't keep track. Which is a bad thing, since she is also the one who can cook and I eat a lot more at her place than mine.

Of course, the diet will start tomorrow, as there is free pizza and beer at the CRC tonight!

lazy hiker fee

By the end of June it's gonna cost you $5 to park at the Barr Trail parking lot on top of Hydro Drive. I think they should also make you wear a t-shirt that says, "I'm a pathetic lazy wus who can't make it from Memorial Park to the trailhead."

I'm guessing that it'll soon cost to park anywhere on Ruxton.

hell yeah!

A Colorado tradition for me since I moved here. July 4th at Red Rocks with Blues Traveler! With comedian Lewis Black opening...

good advice...

GO PENS!

I barely know a blue line from a clothes line. But I know for sure that I'll be gettin' tanked down at the the Townhouse when the Penguins win the Stanley Cup this year!

four hour bonus?

Officially, I spent 155 minutes at the 12 aid stations at Hardrock. Unofficially, due to me checking out of most aid stations before going back to eat and rest (especially Ouray and Grouse Gulch, where I spent over an hour at each place before moving on), I easily spent at least twice that amount of my race at various aid stations.

I plan on taking no more than ten minutes per aid station this year. If that goes according to plan, that's over four hours I'll pick up during the race. Pretty big deal for me, since last year that woulda dropped me under the 40 hour mark.

alex hoag pic

From the Alex Hoag 5K a few weeks ago. I actually passed the guy in front of me as we ran onto the warning track on Sky Sox field. Held the lead all the way across the outfield, but when we made the turn towards home plate the guy dropped me.

1:31:29.44

Yes folks, that was my blazing time at yesterday's Bolder Boulder. I was out of shape at last year's Pueblo half marathon and I still beat that time. But I may have had as much fun as anyone out there, and I'm pretty sure I drank the most booze out of the 55,000 or so runners. Here are the final stats. Not too hard to see which mile had the hash beer check.

bib number: JB509
overall place: 37252
location: Manitou Springs, CO
division: M33
division place: 456 out of 483
gender place: 18581 out of 21941
mile 1: 00:07:20.33
mile 2: 00:09:07.01
mile 3: 00:09:00.93
mile 4: 00:10:11.48
mile 5: 00:08:26.93
mile 6: 00:45:11.27
net time: 01:31:29.44
pace: 14:43 (based on net time)

Dark Horse!

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CRUD run

Had a great run with CRUD on Saturday.  I took the shorter version - Williams, Waldo, Longs Ranch, Eagle's Nest, Barr Trail, ending at the Colorado Custard Company for a chocolate milkshake.  Another great group for a CRUD showing, as this week we were joined by Eric G, who had recently won the Miwok 100K.  Thanks to CRUD historian Leadman Larry for the pics.

Here's a shot of Fast Eddy pointing towards Pikes Peak and saying, "no friggin' way I'm running over there, it looks way too hard."

Heading up through Williams Canyon, shortly before turning over towards Waldo:

Entering Williams Canyon.  Me and John G pushing the pace while Fast Eddy, Eric G, and Paul D struggle to keep up: