Category: Training
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Mount Olympus Speed Run
I have a few days off work so I needed to get some more outdoor training in for Elbrus. You might notice that I haven’t posted any outdoor training in a while because I had to cover for someone on vacation at work, and had a few business meetings I needed to be around for.…
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Grays Peak Speed Hike
On July 3 I did a speed hike on 14,270′ Grays Peak, a Colorado 14’er along the Front Range. I haven’t been to the summit of Grays since maybe about ten years ago. I had made a few half-hearted attempts, all stopped by snow or weather, or some other little thing, but today the weather…
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Quandary Speed Check and Training Run
On June 25 I did a run up and down 14,265′ Quandary, just South of Breckenridge Colorado, to test my current level of fitness as I get myself psyched about Elbrus Race 2012. When I did the 2010 Race I also ran Quandary a handful of times, and wanted to check my progress to see…
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Keystone Gulch Training Run
After deciding to more seriously pursue Elbrus Race 2012, I needed to adjust my training from long slogs of 18 miles or so on the relative flats (former marathon training) to include some vertical. I did a test run on Quandary last week, and did 1:33 up, which is actually my PR for that. I…
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Training for the Seven Summits
Please visit my other blog, where I share some of my training tips, personal achievements, goals and strategies, and workout videos for training like a mountaineer. Links open new tab/window so you don’t lose this list. Thanks … [RSSImport display=”16″ feedurl=”http://sevensummitsbody.com/blog/feed/” displaydescriptions=”true” html=”true” start_items=” ” end_items=” ” target=”ssb”]