Just looking at that route scares the living bejeezus out of me! I definitely need to train as much as I can! One way I plan to train is by hitting the mountain hiking trails this summer with my husband. He is tall and thin so he hikes very fast while I'm much slower. I have to ask him to slow down for me, so instead of hiking with him and trying to keep up, I'm going to run the trails while he hikes at his own pace. I also want to hit Pikes Peak at least twice this summer for training runs. I need to sit down and come up with a training plan for the Ascent. I'm not setting any time goals - I just want to finish, period. The cut-off time for the Ascent is 6 hours and 30 minutes! That's over 4 hours longer than my best half-marathon time!
If anyone out there is also running the Pikes Peak Ascent, I would love to hear from you!
I have always wanted to run the full. My husband and I hiked to the top and back down summer 2010. It was awesome!!
ReplyDeleteYou could sign up for the Ascent with me to start off with, and then do the full next year! :)
DeleteI've heard this is awesome! So excited for you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ali! I'm a little scared. I have my work cut out for me training-wise! Do you live in Colorado?
DeleteYIKES that looks a combination of awesome, terrifying and just plain crazy!! I bet the view from the top will be amazing though and you're going to feel like an absolute ROCKSTAR when you're done! Looking forward to reading about your training for this one!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm still trying to figure out what my training plan should be. Definitely lots of hills and trail running as well as jacking my treadmill's incline as high as it can go! I would like to do a couple of training runs on Pikes Peak this summer. Have you ever ran Barr Trail on Pikes Peak?
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