I had the previous theme and header photo (Southern Pickets) for one year and I thought it was time to change the look of my blog. The new header picture is of the Blue Glacier and Mount Olympus. I hope you like it and let me know what you think. Also, I’m back in California….
Month: August 2007
Lake Youngs Trail
Today I had a super fun run on the Lake Youngs Loop. The excellent trail around the periphery of the watershed is 9.6 miles long and is on great surface. There are rolling hills and it is 70% in the shade. I did the loop in 58 minutes (59 minutes from the car). Here is…
A bit tired
I didn’t do much today, mainly just resting and watching the Track and Field World Championships on TV. I hope to run tomorrow morning. Yesterday I drove out to Cle Elum for a challenging trail run that totaled around 22 miles with tons of elevation gain so it took a long time. I thought the…
Eldorado Peak and Lemah Mountain Climbs
As promised, here are the links to the trip reports for the climbs last week: Eldorado Peak, North Cascades National Park, 8/23/2007 Lemah Mountain, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, 8/24/2007 Updated: Adventure Running Page A few photos below, click for large version! View from Eldorado Peak to Dorado Needle, the Pickets, and Snowfield Peak Spectacle Lake I…
A couple more climbs
I got in a couple more speed climbs this week while the weather was good. On Thursday, I ascended Eldorado Peak in North Cascades National Park in 4:58 roundtrip! The first time I climbed this mountain in 2003 it took 10+ hours and I felt pretty studly afterwards. Now I climbed it in less than…
Un-August Weather
The weather in Western Washington has been unusually cool and cloudy this summer, but today was more like a day in March with gray skies all day and a steady rain all morning. The Seattle weather station set a record for precipitation for this date and reports on the eastside had rainfall totals of over…
Web Updates
The weather has returned to the unusual cool and cloudy conditions we have been experiencing in Western Washington this summer so no climbing the past couple days and none anticipated until next week when the weather improves. In the mean time, I have been getting in some runs. Yesterday I had a good 10 mile…
Finally a posting!
Wow, it has been awhile since I have posted. Aside form a few climbs, I have not been that busy, so it’s my fault. I did help with moving furniture out of our sold home on Whidbey Island and I have been getting in some nice runs. Anyway, here are some links to some awesome…
Back into it!
My butt has finally healed enough to allow me to run the past couple days, yay!! On Monday, the run started out with all kinds of pain in my butt and my legs felt totally out of whack after not running for 5 days – 47 minutes at Beaver Lake and Klahanie. On Tuesday, I…
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