Summit junkie!

My ankle/heel wounds are still very sore, so as much as I wanted to get out for a run today the smart thing was to hit the elliptical for an hour. MattVH made a video of our climb up Grandeur last week. There was a lot of goofing off.

Grandeur Peak Vid

Weights at the gym for an hour. I was dripping sweat all over the benches, so it must have been a good session.

Lake Mountain with Jun, MattVH, Mr. K and Faceless Ghost-

Up at 4:30 am to meet the boys at the AF park n ride for another really fun run up to Lake Mountain. I was very worried about my ankle because of the large wound that is still there. It was really hurting yesterday, so I put on extra bandages and tape and just planned on ignoring any pain.

It was cool at the start, but not cold, although VH was shivering. There was a bit of mud on the road, but nothing that slowed us down at all. We didn't push too hard and just chatted the whole way up. About 3/4 of the way up a shirtless dude (MattVH) comes running out of nowhere, I think he just wanted to show off his rippling pecs. It was warm, but not that warm. Up to the summit in 1:06 with the most amazing sunrise. Pure awesome.

The run down was pretty sore on my ankle on the steep procky sections, but once we got past them it didn't really bother me at all and I was able to get into a pretty decent pace. I put on my ipod and had a really fun cruise down singing with MattVH and enjoying the sweet views. It was a really fun day with good friends and the perfect way to start my day.

4.5 late night easy miles on the TM. I wanted to get out on the trails, but got too busy.

View Benchmark with Rob:

Black Fridee run to the summit of VB via Ann's with Rob. The sores on my ankles and heels have still not healed up and I didn't have them wrapped as good for this run and i paid for it. On the steep rocky sections it hurt a lot and I was slow, but other than that we had a great time chatting, laughing and goofing off. The views from the top were pretty good too. 

Lake Mountain with Jun, Rad, Nate, Chad, Kelli and Scott:

What a fun run with great friends this morning. Rad wanted to come run with the 'boys club' so we decided to make a run up Lake Mountain smornin'. We had a really fun group and we settled into a nice pace and chatted most of the way up. It was pretty cold at the start, but once we got moving I heated up. There was very little wind and it was a beautiful day out there. Kelli and I ran/hiked the upper mountain together and hit the top in just over an hour. Chad was first and Scott and Nate followed a few minutes later and then Jun and Rad just behind them. The views were of course pretty awesome and it wasn't as cold as it has been the last few times.

The run down really hurt my ankle on the steep stuff, but once we got below that it was ok the rest of the way down and we all just had a nice relaxing pace and a good chat going back to the cars. It was a really fun morning and hopefully we can get the group together to do some more peaks.