Originally Posted by
sscyco
Did not do the seven summits as planned - next Sunday.
Friday - Mica, the waterfall trail, from my house ~ 22mi
Sat - Ran 10mi ~ 7:45 pace
Hmmm . . . I wonder if I can still go 10 at a 7:45? Good job!
Originally Posted by
sscyco
Sun - Mica to the ball on the top, from my house ~ 30mi (~ 20 dirt)
Mon - Hiawatha trail with the family, both directions
That's the way - - none of that wussy shuttle stuff. This year, we finally started from the bottom end so that we could get the downhill on the way back
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Originally Posted by
sscyco
Dminor - did you get those runs in at Silver? - I found out today that last Mon was the last day there for the season. I was hoping to get a day or two more up there on the hammer.
I did; although not as many as I'd hoped. But I only devoted a half-day to it so that my wife wouldn't get too bored waiting for me.
Friday we did the Valley section of the Centennial Trail from Argonne to the state line and back (just a lazy afternoon jaunt). Late Saturday we headed over to Silver and on Sunday afternoon I got to get up on the mountain. I'm gonna have to get a bunch more runs in on the new section of Hammer; still don't have the flow right on all the jumps and drops. Plus, I got to hike-a-bike out to a hidden trail with one of the Silver employees and some other guys and do a fun gnar-steep run. Good times.
Sunday we got out on the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes and rode from Silver to past Cataldo (about 15 miles out) and back. And then it was time to pack up and head home (>sniff<).
Hey, sscyco, don't worry about missing this weekend:
Silver's gonna open back up for
Oct. 4-5 / 11-12!
They have the gondola shut down for maintenance all September but they're going to fire back up for two weekends of OktoberFest. Sunday the 12th is going to be one last race too - - an Endurance DH on a fun line: Hammer to Chair 5, Jackass to 11A to Hammer to the finish.