I met up with GZ for my first trip up Bear Mountain. 3600ft of climbing in a few miles. Sitting on the top I can look straight across to my neighborhood just a few miles from the mountain which gives me an idea for a route up Bear from home. GZ ate shit a couple of times. I was behind him and the view of someone hitting the ground while descending at 9mph is quite spectacular. On the second fall which was initiated by an ankle roll, I had to bail on him while he limped back to the car. My wife had to leave for work by 11:45 and I was cutting in too close as it was. Sorry GZ!
And yesterday was a double stroller run for 1:35. I wore my GPS and HRM just to see what kind of stress I was under. At one point while churning up a very steep switchback at ~8700ft altitude I was hitting 30:00 mile pace with a HR of 165. Ouch. I feel that run in every muscle today.
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GZ up in the hills? I can hardly believe it!
GZ taking at least one digger on a run? Now I believe that.... ;)
How windy was it on top of Bear? I'm pretty sure the flatirons are swaying...
Yep... he ran respectably too. He even tacked on after I left.
Shaun- It was extremely windy as we hit the summit. Maybe 40mph? But for the most part we were well protected for most of the run.
Very windy. In Shadow Canyon, very nice, but above the pass, very windy.
Dude - I am a flippin klutz. Not sure if it is better to be ahead of me when that happens or behind me. If ahead, you might not see me coming in for the tackle. If behind, you will need to hurdle me. No sweat on leaving me ... I headed back down, and then back up to the old mesa ... saw that snake that guy mentioned. It was itty bitty.
Was it a rattler?
I swear on that first wipe out you smacked your forehead on that rock. Like I said, seeing it from behind is quite spectacular.
I am pretty sure it was an anaconda and that the winds were blowing at 314 mph above the pass, and that 10 foot round boulder you chucked down from the summit was sweet.
JV - I might have to set up a flat time trial for that comment. I know that track is your kryptonite.
Ya, but the boulder and snake came only on the 28th summit of Bear for the day so we were still fresh. And your second fall, 1000ft vertical off the face of Bear summit, was gnarly for sure.
LOL...from your UD link:
"Like, seriously dropping like a motherbitch."
@9mph, yikes.
You were right that he would not see the little string you tied across the trail 3 inches high.
I now have {even more} respect for you and your insane mountain runs!!
Amazing.
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