Back At It

Decided to run up Broads Fork in BCC since I haven't been there yet this year.  Just went up to the meadow and back down.  Forgot how steep and technical this trail is in places.  Definitely gave me more confidence in my ankle though, which is just what I needed.

1:03:55
2,000' vert

Did the Butler Fork loop then added the short connector to Dog Lake to make it an even 10.  Felt ok the whole run, but not great.  Just like everything else in the Wasatch, this trail is terribly overgrown.  And it's like nettle death out there right now.  Can't tell you how many times I got stung today, but there's no way to avoid it in some spots so you just plow through it.  Then to top it off I jumped a big bull moose that was laying in the creek when I was running down.  Didn't even see him.  Scared me to death!  Luckily, he wasn't upset with me.

Interesting note: I typically run about 50% of the initial climb on this route.  Today I ran about 90% of it just for fun.  When I got to the ridge I was about 90 seconds behind my PR.  Just goes to show that running everything isn't necessarily all that efficient.  However, I plan on running like this more often because it's a much better workout!  My legs are spent.

1:34:23
1,900' vert

Full report with pics can be found HERE

Went up to King's Peak to tackle a double with Scott and Matt.  We didn't complete the double due to some bad planning, but I still had a great time out there and it was nice becoming familiar with the route.

We ended up starting at about 10:45 PM on Friday night, going on no sleep... Mistake number 1.  We took our time getting to the summit and we all felt the effects of the altitude.   Matt got a bad headache and pushed ahead to tackle the summit in order to get back down.  I had a little headache and felt some vertigo up near the top... Nothing too serious though.  Scott puked his guts out on the way down, about 25 yards below the summit.  I hung with him to make sure we got off the mountain safely.  He ended up taking a 15 minute nap after we got down, which was capped off by some hallucinations.  That's always fun!

Finally we pushed ahead, got Scott running again and slowly made our way down the mountain.  It took us longer to get down than it took to get up the mountain.  We got to the parking lot and contemplated a second lap, but there just wasn't enough time.  We took well over 10 hours for lap 1, which we had hoped would be closer to 7 hours or so.  Based on the time, fear of repeat headaches, puke, and hallucinations, and being up for 30 hours straight, we decided to bag it.  A good call I think.

I don't ever recall feeling this good after such a demanding run.  Probably because I took it really easy.  I never really got breathing hard at any point and my feet had zero blisters; something that always plagues me on tough runs like this.  Crazy!  So now I'm sitting here seriously contemplating getting back out there to attempt the double again.  If I can find time I'll try it this weekend or maybe during the week next week.  I'm seriously obsessed with King's right now.  Can't get it outta my head.

10:27:28
5,000' vert