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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 3, 2014 - 10:31am PT
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Fourteen mile five finger trail run yesterday. From my place in town along the river to the Moab rim trailhead then up. Took a road ip there I hadn't been on before to the rim over look. Weather moved in, I had extra upper body layers but just running shorts below windy and cold enough to snow for a little while. Sunny by the time I got home.
Full value!
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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I can't believe no one is checking in, inspiring me...
My bike is in!!!!! Can't wait to pick it up. The weather will be sub-optimal this weekend, but I can't wait.
In the meantime, running on flat land this week trying to keep a grouchy achilles from wrecking my future plans. It will be in the 70's next week, and an evening bike ride should be possible after work.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Don't despair, lots of XC ski stuff continues up here as the last real race of the season approaches. 30k skate event at Whistler is on Saturday and then touring/climbing season revs up. Lots of skiing, roller skiing, ski striding, running, and beer drinking seem to be the best formula.
I hope you can master that achilles. There sometimes is an increased use of the calf muscles for propulsion as the core and upper-leg get neglected in a running stride. Many runners I know have the power in their calves to pop some power or lengthen their strides but eventually they develop achilles issues.
Good luck and find your answer.
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Running a 10k in England Sunday. No time to train this week but 43 miles last week. #sogonnadie
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Best xc skiing of the year this past few days, perfect wintery snow, perfect grooming, many trails opened for the first time...Todd, have a great race, ski like the wind! Last one for us is this Sunday, Mammoth Marathon 42k, should be perfect conditions. Here's a photo from the Gold Rush few weeks ago, six laps, pretty hard.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Peter, have a ton of fun, ski fast, and say howdy to the usual suspects.
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Michelle
Social climber
1187 Hunterwasser
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Question for you xc types. Have you ever trained on a ski erg?
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salad
Big Wall climber
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I have a 50k tomorrow. I Haven't run or trained since a knee issue reared its head back in early February. Made it worse skiing in Feb.
Not sure if I am going to even show up, but might just go out and hike as much of it as i can. Is a no show worse than a DNF? I've never DNF'd and don't really want to start that trend.
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sempervirens
climber
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Has anyone else read "Born to Run"? It focuses on running, specifically, the Tarahumara indians of Copper Canyon in Mexico. There's interesting discussion of running styles and how modern running shoes cause injuries by allowing us to land on our heels. It's an easy fun read too.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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I "ran" by the bike shop today and made an appointment to get fitted on Tuesday. HOLY COW that bike is light. It will be a flying machine.
Forecast is ugly for the weekend. Will plow through the miles, keep it flat, do laps so I can quit if the achilles starts barking at me again.
I see I am missing the race at Whistler - we are going up to ski right after you leave. Sorry I can't cheer you an, be inspired to jump in, and make you look good in comparison.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Took my splitboard out yesterday and did a couple of laps on a mellow slope for a total of about 3k elevation gain. Found some fresh and the views were nice.
Aplogies to the snowshoer I alarmed taking a corner on the hard and fast trail back to the car.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Nice to see people out and playing. I didn't meet my goal for 2013, as I had to stop running Nov. 17th.
At first I thought I had bursitis in the right knee, all the symptoms; but within a few weeks of no improvement, I believed I had a bit more of a problem. I had to wait until April 1st to find out, as that is when my medicare started. I've been uninsured for the past 3 years.
MRI shows that my meniscus is MIA in my knee, a little chunk here and there floating in the wrong places; apparently I've had bone on bone for awhile, I just never knew it. I never felt it until after running a ½ marathon Nov. 9th.
I had been compensating for problems in lower back and left leg with my right knee. In hindsight I knew my stride wasn't entirely comfortable; but with disc problems in L-4, L-5, nothing is comfortable.
I can't read the rest of the MRI since I'm no doctor and waiting until Monday for the doc to tell me. I'm kind of hoping he will have to do a knee replacement, as that means I will be able to run again. I was starting to bike some with the warmer weather, but have been told to stop for the time being. Hopefully I will be able to do something sometime in the near future, as I am not willing to give it up. It is medicine for the head.
Could be worse, I could have stepped on an IED.
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Is a no show worse than a DNF? I've never DNF'd and don't really want to start that trend.
The big guise, will DnF or DnS and accept it as the breaks. Really can't help it sometimes. What they won't do, is run themselves into an injury situation and ruin their season.
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salad
Big Wall climber
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well I took it easy and walked a lot at the end, but no DNF.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz CA
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What was to be a strenuous 8 mile hike to Cone Peak and Twin Peak, south of Big Sur in the Ventana Wilderness turned into 10 hours for me as I managed to make some wrong turns near the end! But it all ended well as I found my way out ... eventually. Lesson learned....bring my handheld GPS not just my GPS watch... it was beautiful.
Susan
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storer
Trad climber
Golden, Colorado
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I skied the lifts at Arapahoe Basin (aerobic nay) with 6" powder and the fewest people I have ever seen a a "major" ski area. Loveland Pass was closed (?) so maybe that's why. Then for aerobics I skated a puny 10 km at Frisco which felt like 20. I waxed best I could, CH8 + HF8 but I guess I needed deep, deep rilliing, eh?
Or kiss off the DH and get out on the tracks earlier.
Summary: It's been a fantasically great year here in Colorado for skiing but, although there will undoubtedly be many more powder days, I think it may be time to start thinking "bicycle" don't you think? At least for aerobic.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz CA
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Apr 15, 2014 - 06:15pm PT
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Best of Santa Cruz biking: Deep into the redwoods (UCSC onto Bonny Doon); down the coast, the board walk and the Yacht Harbor for beer and pizza.
2300 feet of climbing in the first 19 miles; 2900 total; 40 miles total; 1 beer and 2 slices of pizza. Tonight: 2 syllables: YO-GA.
Susan
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Apr 15, 2014 - 09:30pm PT
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Finally the ski vacation is here. We started with three bluebird days at Whistler. What a tragedy - old snow, but blue skies. Running every other day in hopes of maintaining some fitness while nursing that stubborn achilles tenderness. The scheme is working. I'm skiing hard and the schilles has been nearly silent.
The next couple of days will be overcast. So we may take a day off from skiing and indulge in a rest day off the slopes. I'll use that day to run around the valley.
The signs of spring are strong. Does anyone else have trouble letting go of the snow play while diving into the summer fun? Two many toys need to go out and play, and not enough days to play.
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mhay
climber
Bishop, CA
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Apr 15, 2014 - 10:20pm PT
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23 mile Papoose Flat loop in the northern Inyo Mtns on Saturday. Sierra in the distance.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Apr 15, 2014 - 11:28pm PT
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I can't get off the snow. With the fitness coming from a full season of XC skiing and blessed with a good snow touch, I tend to morph into touring and skiing for summits.
The meld into summer is helped when the pollen fouls the snow or the snowpack rots. Then I find my way onto the rock and play catch-up with tolerant friends.
Be smart with the achilles!
Check out Brandywine Falls.
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