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Welcome to the Squamish 50 Aug 17-18, 2024 - Squamish, BC The Squamish 50 races are TOUGH, truly unforgettable trail running experiences. With our marquee 50 mile race boasting over 85% singletrack and more than 11,000 feet of climbing and descent, topped off by stunning sweeping vistas across glaciated snow capped peaks that jut straight

2-27-2012 Mon-AM: 1:30, 2800' ~ Green Mt+9min barefoot at BHS Up and down 1st Saddle. 32:57 up/16:13 down for a 49:10 roundtrip from Gregory. All running except for the steep stuff on the uphill (which meant I hiked most everything except for Greenman). The downhill was already way icier than yesterday even, so just cruised it without pressing. On the way home I swung by Boulder High School to get some sans shoe time on their fake turf. 2-28-2012 Tue-AM: 1:37, 2800' ~ Green Mt+9min barefoot Up 1st Saddle, down 3rd access. Had to go early before a conference call with NB, so I wasn't quite as perky on a 33:37 uphill. Saw Homie for like the third morning in a row; dude's getting after it. Descending was an adventure with lots of shoe-skiing on a frozen, Spring-like snowpack. A couple inevitable spills garnered me some raspberries on my hips not to mention bloody shins from breaking through the crust. Acupuncture later in the morning. PM: 1:17, 2600' ~ Green Mt. Up and down 1st/2nd Access from Chat. Warm-ish afternoon punctuated with a snow squall here and there. Strong legs but I bonked pretty badly on the way down. I've really missed getting up the mountain in the afternoons, good to get back out there. All hiking. 2-29-2012 Wed-AM: 1:32, 2800' ~ Green Mt+9min barefoot Up and down 1st Saddle. Another windy-as-hell day on the mountain, but the shin felt solid and I ran into Carney, Benita, Tyler, Glowney and Hudson getting ready for a track workout at BHS while I was doing some barefoot. Didn't recognize Glowney w/o his doctor clothes. PM: 1:04, 2400' ~ Green Mt. Hiked up 1st Arete and down 1st Saddle with Jeff. Always good to get out with JV, seems like it's been a few weeks. All hiking. 3-1-2012 Thu-AM: 1:48, 2800' ~ Green Mt+13min barefoot Up Gregory-Ranger and down 3rd access. This was all running. I've definitely lost some proficiency on the not-quite-as-steep uphills. That, or I was just tired. 3-2-2012 Fri-AM: 1:43, 2800' ~ Green Mt+16min barefoot Up 1st Saddle and down 3rd access. Shin felt good this morning; happy to not see the predicted fresh inch or so of snow. Acupuncture. 3-3-2012 Sat-AM: 1:20, 3000' ~ Bear Pk+12min barefoot Biked to Cragmoor TH. Pretty tired ascent; I'd wanted to hit two laps but just didn't have it physically for some reason. Stopped off at Kitt Fields on the bike home for the barefootin'. Another crazy windy day. 3-4-2012 Sun-AM: 1:47, 2800' ~ Green Mt+19min barefoot Up Gregory-Ranger and down 1st Saddle. Really good run. Had surprisingly good energy and the shin was maybe the best it's been all week. Gonna force myself to not get out for another summit this afternoon even though it's such a gorgeous warm day. Hours: 13h38min Vert: 24,900' Nice progress this week. I tried really hard to not get ahead of myself and just stay in the 1h20-40 duration all week. Mid-week I got out for a couple of afternoon hikes, but otherwise this week was all running (with the odd bit of running-intensity hiking on the steeper stuff) and I had the discipline to only get out once per day. Not sure if re-introducing a little bit of barefoot running has been helpful or just coincidental with my shin's recent cooperation, but I enjoy it either way and have really missed it for the past year. I also started using an Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System this week (20min, 2x/day at 30 millwatts) on my shin; I think it's a little early to say whether it's been helping, but it certainly hasn't been hurting. Had a post over at Running Times this week. I've been trying to follow along here and there all week with Geoff's efforts at the Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska. While hardly really even a running race, I find the scope of this event staggering in a way that I imagine most people on the street find racing 100 miles in the mountains to be almost inconceivable. It's been interesting to experience that perspective and all in all what they're doing up there is pretty inspiring stuff, even if they're mostly toiling in obscurity; actually, probably because they're toiling in obscurity. Hit my 600th lifetime Green Mountain summit on Thursday morning, March 1st. Quick vert, Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Jeff Valliere. Greenman Trail. Photo: JV. Photo: JV.

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6/11/2012 Mon-AM: 1:34, 3500' ~ Quandary Peak (14,265') First time I've ever done this peak in dry (non-winter) conditions. 57:30 from the trailhead. Lots of people on this route for a weekday. 6/12/2012 Tue-AM: 2:32, 4500' ~ Mt. Elbert (14,433') Pretty standard outing up and down the NE ridge from Halfmoon Creek. 6/13/2012 Wed-AM: 2:16, 4000' ~ South & North Arapaho Peaks (13,397' & 13,502') Started from the 4th of July TH above Nederland, straight north up an avy chute to the ridge, and then out and back on the Class 3 traverse between the two peaks. Perfect morning weatherwise. Some fun, moderate exposure out on the traverse, 15min between peaks, in both directions. PM: 0:51, 1500' ~ 2nd Flatiron Quick evening ascent of the flattie w/ Joe. Downclimbed it, too, which was good practice. 6/14/2012 Thu-AM: 1:16, 3000' ~ Green Mt. Up 3rd access and down 1st Flatiron w/ Joe. Missed the mountain, good to get back on it. Crazy how lush everything is down here on the Front Range. PM: 1:00, 1500' ~ 2nd Flatiron Evening ascent of the flattie w/ Marissa. Dropped my camera maybe 50ft off the deck and it exploded at the bottom. Big bummer. I like taking pictures. 6/15/2012 Fri-AM: 5:10, 5000' ~ Longs Peak (14,259') Up Kieners and down the North Face (Cables). Got out with Buzz and Peter for some product testing during an introduction to the uber-classic Kieners Route on the East face of Longs. Snow conditions in the Lambs Slide couloir were perfect, and any snow on Broadway was easy to step around. Psyched to find a rope already fixed for the rappel down the Cables, but was sorta bummed to carry a 60m rope all day and never use it. 6/16/2012 Sat-AM: 2:38, 5000' ~ Longs Peak (14,259') Up Kieners and down the Cables w/ Joe. Hiked all the way up the mountain, but found a nice groove on the way down below the Cables and ran back to the trailhead. Did a fair bit of stopping for pics and video. Incredible day out w/ clouds and mist high on the mountain. 6/17/2012 Sun-AM: 2:28, 5000' ~ Longs Peak (14,259') Up Kieners and down Cables. Went back yet again today to go for a quick time on this line, no stopping. After yesterday, I thought I could hit something decent. Unfortunately, today was extremely windy and my climbing legs were flat, no energy all-around. I still had what I think is a solid time of 2:28:31 for the round-trip with a 1:41:37 ascent and a 46:54 descent. I can definitely take that uphill under 1:40 with fresh legs and on the way down I bumped into Andy Anderson (absolute roundtrip record holder on Longs), so had to chat with him for a couple of minutes before continuing down. If I hadn't done that, I think I would've been close to his 44min descent from his record run last summer. But, there was a fixed rope on the Cables slabs that he didn't have during the record, so the time probably evens out. All in all, a great day out, but a bit low-energy. Hit one gel before the snow traverse, didn't carry any water. For those interested, full splits: Goblin sign - 12:30 Battle Mt sign - 26:45 Chasm turn-off - 37:50 Chasm Lake (east end) - 47:30 Bottom of Lambs Slide ridge - 59:40 Start of snow traverse - 1:12 Entry of Broadway - 1:17 Base of Notch Couloir - 1:23:10 Diamond Step - 1:38:15 Summit boulder - 1:41:37 (left summit at 1:42:00) Top of Cables (fixed rope) - 1:48 Chasm View - 1:50:40 Crossing of standard trail (below Granite Pass) - 2:05:40 Crossing of Battle Mt CG trail - 2:14:50 Goblin sign - 2:22:25 Pavement - 2:28:31 Just like Saturday, I used every shortcut I know of below treeline, and instead of crampons and ice axe I scrambled the ridge just to the left of Lambs Slide before traversing the snow over to Broadway. Credit goes to Buzz Burrell for this bit of beta; it's nice not carrying all that gear/metal. Hours: 19h45 Vert: 33,000' A solid week, but I made the decision this week to not run Hardrock. I'm not willing to push my training to include 3+ hr runs and continually reaggravate my shin. At this point, I'm planning on the Speedgoat 50K as my return to competition at the end of July. Hopefully, by then, the shin will be strong enough to endure the long training runs needed to race 100mi at the end of the summer (Leadville). South (left) and North Arapaho Peaks on Wednesday. North Arapaho summit. The LA Freeway: A term coined by Buzz Burrell to describe a journey from Longs Peak (high point, left-center horizon) to Arapaho Peak via the Continental Divide. The mother-of-all-traverses on the Front Range if one sticks to the ridge. Topping out on Kieners on Longs Peak Friday morning. Photo: Buzz Burrell. Traversing Lambs Slide high on Longs Peak, Saturday morning. Photo: Joe Grant. No place quite like Broadway. Photo: Joe Grant. Starting up the Crux Cracks at the base of the Notch Couloir. Photo: Joe Grant. Photo: Joe Grant. Heading up towards the Diamond Step. Photo: Joe Grant. Ledges above the Diamond Step. Photo: Joe Grant. Negotiating the wet Cables slabs on the North face with the help of a fixed rope. Photo: Joe Grant.

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