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St. George,UT,U.S.A

Member Since:

Apr 02, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

97th at Boston

1:09:40 Half Marathon

2:25:50 Marathon

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get healthy enough to enjoy a run again.

Long-Term Running Goals:

To be able to do it... long term. 

Personal:

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift" -Steve Prefontaine

Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll be... ever again.

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Race: R2R (23.5 Miles) 05:06:00, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
23.50

Woke up at 6 a.m and went and got breakfast at the lodge. I was solo this morning because the other guys in the group wanted to leave one hour later and give the sun a chance to come up and warm the temps (It was 25 F when I stared down the trail). I had to get going. Had to be back in STG well before 4 p.m so Mik'L could get off to the shuttle and fly to PHX. However I did take my time getting breakfast and let the sun come up until it seemed good enough to see. Made my way from the lodge over to the Bright Angel trail head and started down at 7 a.m sharp. This way was much prettier than the south Kiabab trail and I'm really glad I came this direction even though it is like 2 miles longer. Well worth it and I'll always go this way in the future rather than up SK trail which seemed like I was coming out of a canyon on Mars. Just not very pretty on that side. Anyways once I got down in the canyon just a short distance the temps started to get warmer quick and I soon took off my gloves and ear warmer. The rest of the day was basically perfect at just over 40 F and sunny with no real wind. Saw a nice 4x5 point buck just an arms length off the trail. It took 1:40 to get down to Phantom ranch and the downhill hurt today. Legs got really tight over the night. I think that's the advantage to running it all in one day is that you don't sleep and have time to stiffen up. Then from Phantom Ranch up to the ranger station it took about 1:25. From the ranger station up to the top is the "all business" section. It's basically 6 vertical miles with over 5000 feet of elevation gain. This last 6 or so miles took basically 2 hours and I really struggled the last half hour. Wanted to break 5 hours total time but just ran out of gas. I took a GU before the last 6 miles but wished I'd had one more for the last 45 min's or so. Still put together a solid effort for my first R2R2R run. Glad I got my feet wet with the overnight stay first and maybe next time I'll eat the whole enchilada. Total running time for my 2 crossings was around 8:30. Total time for both crossings was 9:11.

Ghost 3 Miles: 23.50
Comments
From Jon on Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 07:07:42 from 98.71.177.166

Glad to hear you made it and had fun.

While the advantage to doing it in 1 day is that you don't get as sore for the return trip, the disadvantage is definitely the second climb out- umph.

Pictues?

From jtshad on Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 22:51:21 from 69.20.183.178

Great job, hope you enjoyed your adventure.

From Burt on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:41:26 from 68.14.209.26

That was awesome Clyde. I'd like to do that someday.

Burt McCumber has tagged you in a post.

From Superfly on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 18:30:27 from 74.211.21.81

Thanks guys.

Jon one of the only downers of my trip was that I basically ran the entire trip alone. Therefore I only took two pictures. One at the start of the north rim and one at the start of the south. Kind of lame... next time I'll try not to miss the forest for the trees.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 17:09:29 from 205.127.70.66

Congratulations.

That long slog back to the North Rim from the Cottonwood Campground is the worst.

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