49 minutes
easy pace
parked at the Shanahan TH, ran up Big Bluestem, north on the Mesa trail, up North Shanahan to the Slab, turned around and came strait down North Shan to the TH
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Friday, July 06, 2007
Friday Family Run
55 minutes
easy pace
mid morning - pushin' the running stroller with Sweets on board and mommy alongside - down and up the Bear Creek bike path
easy pace
mid morning - pushin' the running stroller with Sweets on board and mommy alongside - down and up the Bear Creek bike path
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Blue Shan on the Forth
46 minutes
easy pace
mid afternoon - headed out from the Shanahan trailhead, up Big Bluestem, north on the Mesa trail, east and down North Shanahan trail to the TH.
easy pace
mid afternoon - headed out from the Shanahan trailhead, up Big Bluestem, north on the Mesa trail, east and down North Shanahan trail to the TH.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Monday, July 02, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Friday with the Family
55 minutes
easy pace
down and up the Bear Creek bike path pushing the running stroller with the boy and mommy
easy pace
down and up the Bear Creek bike path pushing the running stroller with the boy and mommy
Thursday, June 28, 2007
AM Mesa
49 minutes
easy pace
5:45am - cloudy and fairly cool - usual commuter route into work - felt great this morning - finally feel a little zippy again - but I went nice and easy this morning - will go faster or farther this weekend - a little cloud was snuggled up against the Flatirons this morning and I ran through it along the Mesa trail - that was cooler and more humid.
easy pace
5:45am - cloudy and fairly cool - usual commuter route into work - felt great this morning - finally feel a little zippy again - but I went nice and easy this morning - will go faster or farther this weekend - a little cloud was snuggled up against the Flatirons this morning and I ran through it along the Mesa trail - that was cooler and more humid.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Humid Mesa
48 minutes
easy pace
5pm - mostly cloudy and fairly cool, but very humid - usual commuter route home from work via the Mesa trail - feel like I'm starting to shake off the doldrums - I've just felt slow and unmotivated the last few weeks, but I feel my legs coming back a bit - felt good today - sweatin' like a pig in this humidity.
easy pace
5pm - mostly cloudy and fairly cool, but very humid - usual commuter route home from work via the Mesa trail - feel like I'm starting to shake off the doldrums - I've just felt slow and unmotivated the last few weeks, but I feel my legs coming back a bit - felt good today - sweatin' like a pig in this humidity.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Morning on the Mesa Trail
51 minutes
easy pace
5:40am - hazy sunrise - a little cooler today - usual route into work from home along the Mesa trail - saw a mule deer up on the knoll between Bear Canyon fire road and Yuri Pass - only saw one other person (a runner dude) on the trail this morning - felt great - rolled my left ankle quite nicely - after shaking off those first painful two minutes the ankle felt fine, but when I rolled it the top of my foot slammed into a rock - very bruised and a little sore - I guess it just makes me tougher.
easy pace
5:40am - hazy sunrise - a little cooler today - usual route into work from home along the Mesa trail - saw a mule deer up on the knoll between Bear Canyon fire road and Yuri Pass - only saw one other person (a runner dude) on the trail this morning - felt great - rolled my left ankle quite nicely - after shaking off those first painful two minutes the ankle felt fine, but when I rolled it the top of my foot slammed into a rock - very bruised and a little sore - I guess it just makes me tougher.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Mesa Commute
49 minutes
easy pace
5:15pm - hot and sunny - usual commuter route home from work via the Mesa trail - seriously hot out in the sun today, but once in the trees on the Mesa it felt just fine - always tough to shake off a rest day (or two), but about half way home I started clickin' and feelin' it.
easy pace
5:15pm - hot and sunny - usual commuter route home from work via the Mesa trail - seriously hot out in the sun today, but once in the trees on the Mesa it felt just fine - always tough to shake off a rest day (or two), but about half way home I started clickin' and feelin' it.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
Buffalo Creek
[mountain bike]
approx. 2.5 hours
approx. average speed - 10mph
approx 25 miles
mid morning - hot and sunny, turned cloudy and rainy - first real ride of the season on my mountain bike - went out to Buffalo Creek with DJ - we rode our usual circuit - felt fantastic - climbing hills like they were almost flat - for sure did not have a lot of confidence descending, but climbing was special today - love to get that all-legs burn that running never gives me - need more miles on the bikes.
approx. 2.5 hours
approx. average speed - 10mph
approx 25 miles
mid morning - hot and sunny, turned cloudy and rainy - first real ride of the season on my mountain bike - went out to Buffalo Creek with DJ - we rode our usual circuit - felt fantastic - climbing hills like they were almost flat - for sure did not have a lot of confidence descending, but climbing was special today - love to get that all-legs burn that running never gives me - need more miles on the bikes.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
In in the Morning
51 minutes
easy pace
5:30am - super mellow run into work this morning - same commuter route as always.
easy pace
5:30am - super mellow run into work this morning - same commuter route as always.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Mesa to Home
47 minutes
easy pace
5pm - up 9th to Chautauqua, Mesa trail to Bear Creek Canyon fire road, Yuri Pass, Bear Mountain Park, Table Mesa Dr., and home (usual commuter route).
easy pace
5pm - up 9th to Chautauqua, Mesa trail to Bear Creek Canyon fire road, Yuri Pass, Bear Mountain Park, Table Mesa Dr., and home (usual commuter route).
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Woods Quarry
55-ish minutes
easy pace
5pm - hot and sunny - same commuter route home from work but I added a little side trip up to Woods Quarry.
easy pace
5pm - hot and sunny - same commuter route home from work but I added a little side trip up to Woods Quarry.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Morgul
[road bike]
1-1.5 hours
easy to moderate pace
hot and sunny - rode the Morgul-Bismark road loop from the house with KJ - felt weird to be on a road bike, but felt normal after an hour or so - those hills are tough but not nearly tough as I remember - good to get out there with KJ.
1-1.5 hours
easy to moderate pace
hot and sunny - rode the Morgul-Bismark road loop from the house with KJ - felt weird to be on a road bike, but felt normal after an hour or so - those hills are tough but not nearly tough as I remember - good to get out there with KJ.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
To the Slab
48 minutes
easy pace
evening - cool and cloudy, slight mist at higher elevations - did a hiking swap with Nee' and Sweets - ran from the Shanahan TH, up Big Bluestem, Mesa trail north to Fern Canyon, up Fern just to the Slab, stopped there, hiked down with the boy and mommy took off on a run from the Slab.
easy pace
evening - cool and cloudy, slight mist at higher elevations - did a hiking swap with Nee' and Sweets - ran from the Shanahan TH, up Big Bluestem, Mesa trail north to Fern Canyon, up Fern just to the Slab, stopped there, hiked down with the boy and mommy took off on a run from the Slab.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Friday Family Run
57 minutes
easy pace
6:30pm - down and up the Bear Creek bike path pushing Sweets in the running stroller while mommy ran alongside.
easy pace
6:30pm - down and up the Bear Creek bike path pushing Sweets in the running stroller while mommy ran alongside.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Morning Mesa
50 minutes
easy pace
5:30am - cool and mostly clear - same route into work as always - all week I've been feeling slow and unmotivated, but today I felt a little fire return - about halfway into the run my legs got lighter, my pace got faster, it felt easy again, and I was having fun - super easy pace today, but feeling like getting zippy again.
easy pace
5:30am - cool and mostly clear - same route into work as always - all week I've been feeling slow and unmotivated, but today I felt a little fire return - about halfway into the run my legs got lighter, my pace got faster, it felt easy again, and I was having fun - super easy pace today, but feeling like getting zippy again.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Damp Mesa Trail
52 minutes
easy pace
5:40am - mostly cloudy, cool, damp from yesterday's rain - usual route into work (no Yuri Pass) - felt bloated and slow and not into it - then I needed to stop for a digestive emergency at Chautauqua - felt a lot better after that - trails were a bit muddy, but nothing too bad - super mellow pace today.
easy pace
5:40am - mostly cloudy, cool, damp from yesterday's rain - usual route into work (no Yuri Pass) - felt bloated and slow and not into it - then I needed to stop for a digestive emergency at Chautauqua - felt a lot better after that - trails were a bit muddy, but nothing too bad - super mellow pace today.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Easy Rainy Mesa
52 minutes
easy pace
5:40am - cloudy, mist became steady light rain - same route as last night but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - headed out in very light mist, by the time I got up to the Mesa trail it was more like light rain, and as I ran down 9th St. into town it was a steady light rain - I was pretty soaked but it felt great - ran very easy and relaxed this morning - just enjoying the early morning rain - feelin' good.
easy pace
5:40am - cloudy, mist became steady light rain - same route as last night but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - headed out in very light mist, by the time I got up to the Mesa trail it was more like light rain, and as I ran down 9th St. into town it was a steady light rain - I was pretty soaked but it felt great - ran very easy and relaxed this morning - just enjoying the early morning rain - feelin' good.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Shakin' It Out
48 minutes
easy pace
5pm - sunny and very warm - ran home along my usual commuter route from work to the house - ran very easy but it didn't feel super easy - shakin' off a rest day is always tough, plus I'm still shakin' off the beers and crappy food that I consumed while camping over the weekend - finally started clicking the last ten minutes of the run - the big fallen pine tree has been cleared from the Bear Canyon fire road.
easy pace
5pm - sunny and very warm - ran home along my usual commuter route from work to the house - ran very easy but it didn't feel super easy - shakin' off a rest day is always tough, plus I'm still shakin' off the beers and crappy food that I consumed while camping over the weekend - finally started clicking the last ten minutes of the run - the big fallen pine tree has been cleared from the Bear Canyon fire road.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Devil's Playground
53 minutes
easy pace
mid-afternoon, mostly sunny, warm, light breeze - ran with Nee' today - headed out from our campsite at Vedauwoo and ended up circumnavigating the Devil's Playground - cool little area with lots of bulbous rocks and hoodoos and rock outcroppings with little singletrack trails going all over the place - those twenty minutes or so that we were hopping around among the rocks were so fun - sweet little tailwind coming back - felt great today - it's nice to run with Nee'.
easy pace
mid-afternoon, mostly sunny, warm, light breeze - ran with Nee' today - headed out from our campsite at Vedauwoo and ended up circumnavigating the Devil's Playground - cool little area with lots of bulbous rocks and hoodoos and rock outcroppings with little singletrack trails going all over the place - those twenty minutes or so that we were hopping around among the rocks were so fun - sweet little tailwind coming back - felt great today - it's nice to run with Nee'.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Vedauwoo Meander
45 minutes
easy pace
late afternoon, mostly sunny, cool and windy - just did a little meander from our campsite at Vedauwoo (between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming in the Medicine Bow National Forest) - wow, I could really feel the elevation here (about 8,000 ft.) - ran into a headwind going out, but the wind shifted so I also had a headwind coming back - never really got into the groove today.
easy pace
late afternoon, mostly sunny, cool and windy - just did a little meander from our campsite at Vedauwoo (between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming in the Medicine Bow National Forest) - wow, I could really feel the elevation here (about 8,000 ft.) - ran into a headwind going out, but the wind shifted so I also had a headwind coming back - never really got into the groove today.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Surveying of the Wind Damage
48 minutes
easy pace
5:40am - sunny, crystal clear blue sky, windy - same route as last night, but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - we had a ferocious windstorm last night (power lines arcing all over the place flashing throughout the neighborhood - kept me up most of the night) - it was still crazy windy out there, but nothing like the middle of the night - it was an interesting run as I was surveying all of the wind damage - a big branch in our neighbor's yard was filling our side yard - tree limbs down all over the place - three big pines (one about 18 in. diameter and 60 ft. tall) were draped across the Bear Canyon fire road, all in a little cluster (all just snapped off like toothpicks about 20 feet up) - it was at a place where the terrain was too steep to go around, so the only way through was through the trees, up and over, under, twisting around branches and trunks - I could tell that I was not the first to navigate through these trees as the bark was all scuffed up - 9th St. looked like a war zone (no big trees down, but branches and leaves and trash and patio furniture everywhere) - the Pearl Street Mall crew was busy filling their truck beds with tree limbs - Mother Nature sure can sock it to us when she wants to - the run was at a very easy pace, but the wind really sucked the energy out of me, so I was felt a bit more wiped afterward.
easy pace
5:40am - sunny, crystal clear blue sky, windy - same route as last night, but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - we had a ferocious windstorm last night (power lines arcing all over the place flashing throughout the neighborhood - kept me up most of the night) - it was still crazy windy out there, but nothing like the middle of the night - it was an interesting run as I was surveying all of the wind damage - a big branch in our neighbor's yard was filling our side yard - tree limbs down all over the place - three big pines (one about 18 in. diameter and 60 ft. tall) were draped across the Bear Canyon fire road, all in a little cluster (all just snapped off like toothpicks about 20 feet up) - it was at a place where the terrain was too steep to go around, so the only way through was through the trees, up and over, under, twisting around branches and trunks - I could tell that I was not the first to navigate through these trees as the bark was all scuffed up - 9th St. looked like a war zone (no big trees down, but branches and leaves and trash and patio furniture everywhere) - the Pearl Street Mall crew was busy filling their truck beds with tree limbs - Mother Nature sure can sock it to us when she wants to - the run was at a very easy pace, but the wind really sucked the energy out of me, so I was felt a bit more wiped afterward.
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