Monday, September 26, 2011
Flume - Bon Iver Live @ Comerica Theatre
A recent clip from a Bon Iver concert attended. Sorry for the unsteady hand. Close your eyes and feel free to drift off.
9/19 - 9/26
TOTAL MILES: 14.0
TOTAL TIME: 153 MINS
TOTAL ELEVATION: 1376 FT
MONTHLY MILES: 27.1
MONTHLY TIME: 324 MINS
YEARLY MILES: 269.00
YEARLY TIME: 43:46
South Mountain- PM, PM
Desert Classic Trail, etc. Easy pace. Hot. Some pain in both heel and forefoot has kept me guessing. Hydration fine but pain in foot caused some extra exertion and a few extra stops that made me lose some concentration.
Treadmill- PM, PM
Tempo work and some steep miles at 10+ incline.
TOTAL MILES: 14.0
TOTAL TIME: 153 MINS
TOTAL ELEVATION: 1376 FT
MONTHLY MILES: 27.1
MONTHLY TIME: 324 MINS
YEARLY MILES: 269.00
YEARLY TIME: 43:46
South Mountain- PM, PM
Desert Classic Trail, etc. Easy pace. Hot. Some pain in both heel and forefoot has kept me guessing. Hydration fine but pain in foot caused some extra exertion and a few extra stops that made me lose some concentration.
Treadmill- PM, PM
Tempo work and some steep miles at 10+ incline.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Peralta Trail Run/Scramble
9/5 - 9/18
TOTAL MILES: 5.1
TOTAL TIME: 80 MINS
TOTAL ELEVATION: 1714 FT
MONTHLY MILES: 13.1
MONTHLY TIME: 2H 51MINS
YEARLY MILES: 255.00
YEARLY TIME: 41:13
I was blessed to be able to make it to Peralta Trail behind the Superstion Mountains for a quick but super-steep run/scramble up to Weavers Needle and back. I call it a scramble because there is no portion with more than maybe 30 yards of runnable trail. This trails is about as rocky as you will find in and around Phoenix, and it is steep as hell. The trail can be a real pain in the ass when you are trying to stay in a decent stride only to find yourself zig zagging to and from avoiding the jagged surface more times than not. On top of that you are basically straight uphill for the entire 2.25 miles to the crest. Normally I find myself in a pretty good stride on this trail but this was the first time I had run it with the Trail Minimus' I had purchased and I will be the first to say that the surface really pounded the hell out of my feet on this particular day. I am still inclined to run in the Minimus but for whatever reason I just was not very light on my feet and it showed, especially on the way down. Nevertheless, I made it up in a decent time and enjoyed the beautiful 95 degree weather for a short while before attempting to add on another mile or two on the backside of the mountain only to lose the trail and encounter more ridiculously jagged trails so I made my way back up and headed back down in the twilight hours.
Though it is cooling a bit I am still encountering water shortage problems because of the prevailing temps. I hope it will get down into the 80's here by weeks end and then I will be able to head up for longer runs with just my 20oz'er and enjoy some more trails on the backside of the mountain.
TOTAL MILES: 5.1
TOTAL TIME: 80 MINS
TOTAL ELEVATION: 1714 FT
MONTHLY MILES: 13.1
MONTHLY TIME: 2H 51MINS
YEARLY MILES: 255.00
YEARLY TIME: 41:13
I was blessed to be able to make it to Peralta Trail behind the Superstion Mountains for a quick but super-steep run/scramble up to Weavers Needle and back. I call it a scramble because there is no portion with more than maybe 30 yards of runnable trail. This trails is about as rocky as you will find in and around Phoenix, and it is steep as hell. The trail can be a real pain in the ass when you are trying to stay in a decent stride only to find yourself zig zagging to and from avoiding the jagged surface more times than not. On top of that you are basically straight uphill for the entire 2.25 miles to the crest. Normally I find myself in a pretty good stride on this trail but this was the first time I had run it with the Trail Minimus' I had purchased and I will be the first to say that the surface really pounded the hell out of my feet on this particular day. I am still inclined to run in the Minimus but for whatever reason I just was not very light on my feet and it showed, especially on the way down. Nevertheless, I made it up in a decent time and enjoyed the beautiful 95 degree weather for a short while before attempting to add on another mile or two on the backside of the mountain only to lose the trail and encounter more ridiculously jagged trails so I made my way back up and headed back down in the twilight hours.
Though it is cooling a bit I am still encountering water shortage problems because of the prevailing temps. I hope it will get down into the 80's here by weeks end and then I will be able to head up for longer runs with just my 20oz'er and enjoy some more trails on the backside of the mountain.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
8/29-9/4
08/29 - 09/04
TOTAL MILES: 8.0
TOTAL TIME: 91 MINS
TOTAL ELEVATION: 2065 FT
MONTHLY MILES: 8.0
MONTHLY TIME: 91 MINS
YEARLY MILES: 249.90
YEARLY TIME: 39:53
So I was lucky enough to be able to make it up to Pinetop, Arizona with my family and friends for a short weekend in the White Mountains in what turned out to be an extremely taxing weekend on yours truly. I know from experience that vacationing with my wife's family can seem to be anything but a vacation with all the time constraints, places to see, and the alarms, set at 6am each day, so I knew that this weekend would be no different but still found myself extremely pleased to take the drive up north through the misting desert skies up to the magical mile high city of Pinetop.
Luckily for myself we had a trail system that snaked its way through the property with which our cabin lied so early both mornings I was able to get out for a couple of short runs in the so-so picturesque ponderosa forest that hugged the back of the property. After a 4 mile slow run down Horton Creek Trail that found me winding past open meadows swarming with flies, and through open cow pastures trampled to mud, also swarming with flies, I preceded to take to both the tennis courts and the ping pong table for some much needed court time. However, with the long delayed visit to the tennis court I found myself nearly unable to stand after about a 2 hour tennis outing followed by a hour or so of extreme ping pong action. So by the time I found myself back on the trail the next morning I was extremely drained of any reserves. Moving forward though it was a great weekend and I was happy to get some time running in and hopefully the next few days will bring a dip below the 110+ degree temps which are still the norm here running into September.
TOTAL MILES: 8.0
TOTAL TIME: 91 MINS
TOTAL ELEVATION: 2065 FT
MONTHLY MILES: 8.0
MONTHLY TIME: 91 MINS
YEARLY MILES: 249.90
YEARLY TIME: 39:53
So I was lucky enough to be able to make it up to Pinetop, Arizona with my family and friends for a short weekend in the White Mountains in what turned out to be an extremely taxing weekend on yours truly. I know from experience that vacationing with my wife's family can seem to be anything but a vacation with all the time constraints, places to see, and the alarms, set at 6am each day, so I knew that this weekend would be no different but still found myself extremely pleased to take the drive up north through the misting desert skies up to the magical mile high city of Pinetop.
Luckily for myself we had a trail system that snaked its way through the property with which our cabin lied so early both mornings I was able to get out for a couple of short runs in the so-so picturesque ponderosa forest that hugged the back of the property. After a 4 mile slow run down Horton Creek Trail that found me winding past open meadows swarming with flies, and through open cow pastures trampled to mud, also swarming with flies, I preceded to take to both the tennis courts and the ping pong table for some much needed court time. However, with the long delayed visit to the tennis court I found myself nearly unable to stand after about a 2 hour tennis outing followed by a hour or so of extreme ping pong action. So by the time I found myself back on the trail the next morning I was extremely drained of any reserves. Moving forward though it was a great weekend and I was happy to get some time running in and hopefully the next few days will bring a dip below the 110+ degree temps which are still the norm here running into September.
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