red leg 10k

Solid week.  

Tues - bike commute 39, ten miles there and eleven back home.  CityRock 65 at lunch.

Wed - run commute 36, six miles each way.

Thurs - took the day off work to join SAR in a missing person search down near Bishop's Castle.  The moment we left rescue base the girl turned up.  Used the day off to get in a 2.5 hour run over at Section 16.

Fri - bike commute 40, then an easy five miler on the Garden trails in the evening.

Sat - ten miles on the COVID loop, was going to go further but got a SAR call for a broken ankle in Cheyenne Canon.

Sun - awesome long run.  Ute, Longs Ranch, Bob's, then Barr Trail up until I hit heavy snow around 11,000 feet.  Barr Trail is clear up to half mile past the Bottomless Pitt sign.  20 miles.

For the week:

run - 65 miles, 14 hours

ride - 68 miles, 6.5 hours

hike - 28 miles, 12 hours

On Monday I ran the annual Red Leg 10k.  Somehow they messed up the turnaround and I ended up running 6.5 miles, finishing in 47:21.  Hit the 10k mark at just under 45.  

Been a good stretch for me.  In the last 2.5 weeks I have an 18 mile road run, the Colfax 'thon, a 20 miler on Pikes, and a good effort at the 10k.  This week will be a bit down as I travel to Portland tomorrow for the Hood attempt.

Colfax

The time will come when I'm no longer able to run a road marathon hungover, but that day is not here yet!

Annual trip up to run the Colfax 'thon.  Marcus King on Saturday night, then up early on Sunday to run the race.  Day went much better than expected and I end up finishing in 4:17, including stops at two bars, two lawn parties, and a jello shot.

Saw PG at the Lakeview Lounge right before mile ten.

Got in an unexpected Mike H sighting on Colfax Ave, he was (I think) near mile 18 and I was around mile 12.  I believe I was watching his dreams of a sub three die at that point.

$100 and Mookie were spectating the race at Reverence Brewing, it was nice to see the right before mile 25.

For the week:

run - 62 miles, 10.5 hours

ride - 51 miles, five hours

hike - 23 miles, ten hours

Got an early morning SAR call out on Monday.  Got to go out with one of the dogs looking for a missing dementia patient.  Ended up finding the guy at Wines of Colorado.

Hood training

Another decent week.  On Sunday the Mt Hood team (minus Kircher) got up to St. Mary's Glacier to practice some basic mountaineering stuff.  Good times!  Two weeks until we fly to Portland to attempt that mountain.

For the week:

run - 52 miles, 9.5 hours

ride - fifty miles, five hours

hike - 25 miles, 9.5 hours

Barr Camp

Good long run on Saturday as I got up to Barr Camp.  Trail is clear up to that point, lots of snow after that.  It's melting fast though.

Had a SAR training on Sunday.  My first training as part of the team.  Practiced high angle rescue, which is getting to someone stuck on a cliff.  Pretty beat after that and spent the rest of the day at Red Leg and Fossil.

For the week:

run - 54 miles, eleven hours

ride - 34 miles, 3.5 hours

hike - 27 miles, twelve hours

free balls!

Mon - first Monday evening I've had free in quite a while.  Went over and hit the incline.

Good day at the dog park on Tuesday!

That's a wrap on April.  For the month:

run - 197 miles, 40.5 hours

ride - 223 miles, 23.5 hours

hike - 103 miles, 43 hours

57 trips to CityRock on the year.

Wednesday was SAR graduation.  I'm officially on the team now.

Next up is a six week basic medical course.