Got out last Tuesday before work and had one of those rare days where you can just keep running well beyond your normal quitting time. I hopped onto some new trails in Deer Creek Canyon Park and ended up going over 8 miles on the day and almost 1800 ft of climbing.
Ventured back out on Deer Creek trails on Friday for a quick trip to the top of Plymouth Mountain. I wanted to see how long it took purely hiking to the top versus the run/hike mix I usually do. Turns out power hiking got me up there slightly quicker which I guess is a good thing since that's what I'll be doing more of on race day. 36 minutes to the top and 1:05 total with 1680 ft climbing.
Sunday I was up at 4am and in the parking lot at Memorial Park a few minutes after 5 to head up to Barr Camp. I took my time to let the sun come up a little more so I could see since I didn't bring a light. I jogged away from the parking lot at 5:20. I took it nice and easy up the road to Hydro and settled into a hike up the first steep climb. Felt decent when that was over and kept a good pace going to the top of the W's. I slowed down a little bit going over to No Name and hit a bad patch above No Name and wasn't able to really push it going across the faster and flatter section of the course. Definitely ran a little hot through the W's and paid the price higher up. A lesson better learned in training than on race day. Made it to Barr Camp in 2:27, emptied a bottle of water into my pack, stretched, and headed back down. I hiked a lot of the first couple miles down and was then able to resume running all the way back down to the park. Finished in 4:10.
Plan for the upcoming week is at least one trip up Plymouth and then head back down to Manitou on Saturday morning. Debating whether or not I should go up to the summit and run around above tree line or make another trip to Barr Camp.
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