Today I ran from Eldorado Canyon, up the mesa trail, up Bear Canyon, to the top of Green Mountain.
Ascent was 1:16 for 6.25 miles – 12:09/mile
Total: 12.5 Miles – 2:18 – 11:06/mile – 5240 Ft of climbing! I love running to the top of mountains. Its the best feeling and the most scenic way to run!
Despite my low mileage recently, I am pleased with my fitness level increase. Today I ran the 3 miles from the base of Bear Canyon to the top of Green mtn in 41 minutes. The other times I have run up Green it has taken me at least 55 min. Partially due to snow, but I can feel that doing p90X ever day has been improving my fitness level a lot over the past 6 weeks. Another good indicator of improvement is 2 months ago I ran trails for two hours around flagstaff mtn. Total elevation gain of 3600 feet, and I averaged 12:43/mile. Today with 5200 feet of elevation I ran 20 minutes longer and averaged 11:06/mile, including slowing down a bunch going down because of the excruciating pain of stubbing my same toe twice.
The boy scouts on the peak snapped a picture of me in my pasty whiteness – this is my 4th run up Green mt. this year I believe.
