I ran from home today with a weighted pack. 4 bags of sand and a liter of water got me to ~10 pounds. For Leadville next year I need to be accustomed to the weight, not that I'll carry 10 pounds in the race though.
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| Heading up Crescent Mountain. About 900ft of gain in the first mile. |
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| My house is just left of center in this pic |
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| Starr Peak to the left |
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| Pikes Peak and the front range foothills |
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| Looking down my canyon. Not hard to find hills here. |
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| My neighborhood |
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| Blue Mountain. I did a point to point "run" up this from my house a couple years ago. Since then I've found trails to the top. This is in the Coal Creek (or Jeffco) Mountain Park. |
Beautiful! Big blue sky! So different from what I ran this morning. I should have brought a camera... though pictures never really do the scenery justice. Mine would have shown more of a tropical jungle scene with raging waterfalls and double rainbows. :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't bring a gun either but unfortunately maybe accidentally brought the 10 extra lbs. Time to stop eating like I'm Ironman training.
Ya, we live in polar opposites almost. I miss the tropics for sure! Definitely bring the camera on more runs!
ReplyDelete10lbs... ouch!?
Funny - Yankee is, I believe, a term referring to people from the northeast or new england. Perhaps he was too afraid to call you a cowboy, or pigboy ;-).
ReplyDeleteGreat run and photos, Tim.
Awesome pictures. What camera do you use and how well does it hold up on your back country runs?
ReplyDeleteI'm disappointed I missed the gun post, but the comments were quite amusing. I don't understand why people feel the need to get so personal.
Living in a city, the only reason for people to buy a gun is to protect themselves from people who already own guns.
J-Ray
Rick- Ha! Thanks my friend. Good point. I'm an effed up hill billy-cowboy-pig farmer-ultrarunner-triathlete hybrid.
ReplyDeleteJ-Ray- you didn't miss much. I simply posted a picture of a handgun that I am e-baying bike parts to buy. It ruffled a few chicken feathers with an anonymous (German?) poster. It was funny and I kind of hope he/ she visits again. It's good entertainment and more interesting than comments about a simple run! So if you're out there anon-American-hater... please give us some more adorable and fun comments!
I use a Canon Power Shot SD1300 IS digital Elph. Tons of settings and very versatile. It's small too which is ideal. I think Olympus makes a really bomb proof, shock and water resistant point and shoot that looks good too but it's a bit pricier. As long as I'm careful with the Canon it's a very good run camera. It has held up very well and I use an Ultimate Hydration clip-on pocket to carry it in.
Backpack? With weights? Guns? Wilderness runs? I am thinking it would be a great use of your talent to be some sort of drug runner through the Mexican border region.
ReplyDeleteB- Been there done that. Now-a-days it's all hoity-toity with the swallowing of things and airports. The good old days of just muling on foot are lost.
ReplyDeleteit's always nice stopping by your blog! btw, i like stupid yankees obsessed with guns. they make good neighbors!
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d- I agree. One of my neighbors tests ammunition for the Denver SWAT and he's pretty vigilant in the neighborhood watch. Partly why our crime rate up here is close to ZERO!
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