JV's UpHill Adventures: Thursday, 03/22/12 Flatirons Vista

Friday, March 23, 2012

Thursday, 03/22/12 Flatirons Vista - Friday, 03/23/12 Mayhoffer Loop

Thursday, 03/22/12 Marshall/Flatirons Vista Baby Jogger Run

5.39 miles/350 vert./48:11/8:56 pace/avg. HR 147 Garmin Data

Parked at 93/128 and headed N. on the trail toward Marshall. Attempted to run both ways along the ditch, but it was too rocky/bouncy to do anything more than walk, so bailed on that. Back up the hill to the lot, crossed 93 and headed West under the powerlines for a bit, but simultaneously got sick of that/ran out of time and headed back. The views are great, but the variable trail surface (soft dirt/sand/rocks or embedded rocks) and numerous gates to negotiate did not make for a good run pushing toddlers. Oh well, I will not head back there with the jogger, but it was a nice day and worth a shot.

Friday, 03/23/12 Mayhoffer SingleTree/66th Loop Baby Jogger Run

8.24 miles/480 vert./1:08:23/8:18 pace/avg. HR 144 Garmin Data

Parked at the trailhead in Superior and ran the Mayhoffer SingleTree trail over to 66th, headed S., took a short diversion toward Marshall Lake, but as expected, was gated off. I debated going through, but I was wearing a hunters orange hat, red shirt and there were plenty of threatening signs, so I decided it was a bad idea (as inviting as it looked though to explore). After the girls had a snack, we then headed down the Koppenburg to W. Coal Creek and back to the trailhead. Did a quick up/back on the Alpe d Superior, where I bumped into Shad who was out there doing hill intervals (looked painful). Overall a pretty mellow run on a perfect day.

Love this stretch of trail, running and on a bike