better late than never

After my last post, the shin pain returned a couple days later and I was forced to back down to longer walking intervals and less running.  Shortly thereafter, it was time to go get married.  It was almost three weeks without running when Josh and I headed up Barr Trail to No Name Creek on Saturday.  We were heading up Ruxton a few minutes after 6am but still found nowhere to park.  The Incline must still be gaining in popularity.  We decided to just head back to Memorial Park and start there knowing we could park there.

Made it to No Name in 1:31 from the park.  Not great but that doesn't put me too far off pace to get under 5 hours for the full ascent.  Made it back down to the cog in around 30 minutes and we ended up walking to rest of the way to the park.  My legs, hips, back, shoulders, and even abs were totally trashed yesterday.  Feel a little better today but glad that I was able to make it up that far at a decent pace.  We caught a break with the cool weather on Saturday but I don't think we will be as lucky as we get into July.  I'm gonna try to get at least 4 more trips up on the bottom half and then spend one day on the summit before tapering.  I think I can gain more on the bottom half than I can on the top.

Gonna try again this weekend to go to Bob's Rd or the 7.5 to go sign.   Hope I can get enough quality time in on the mountain to improve over last year.