02 March 2011

High Line Canal Trail

The thought of running the High Line Canal Trail (66.5 miles, mostly flat, wide dirt paths in Denver) has been stuck in my mind since Scott Jaime mentioned that we should run it for the FKT (that's fastest known time for folks like my mom who thinks I should run no further than 2 miles and only on sidewalks).  Peter Bakwin ran it as the first person to set the FKT last January.

I probably ran this section a few dozen times during my stint in Englewood.

Scott and I couldn't agree on a date.  My question is, should I run it this weekend?  I was planning a 6-ish hour comfortable run anyway (on trails).  I'm thinking a bit under 10 hour range for the canal trail.

Would it be an awesome last really long training run before Antelope Island 100 in 3 weeks OR would it be setting myself up for too much fatigue and maybe injury and general disaster?  (Lucho???)

Probably just a dumb (pre-coffee) passing thought.  I will probably run the High Line in April, if not this week.

IF I do run it, would any of my 3 local blog readers like to join me for some of it; God knows I would appreciate the company (PLEASE)...?
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  1. Given a lot of it is ashphalt and cement, I wouldn't run it for an FKT attempt unless the ensuing Antelope Island 100 was not meant to be super competitive for you. Running on roads seems to always take 2x out of me that trails do. But thats just me and granted I also don't know how quickly you recover...

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  2. If Lucho doesn't kill you for considering it, I could join you for the last 15 miles on Sunday. Can't make Saturday.

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  3. A nice, brisk 2.5 mile walk at lunch around Coots Lake and my sanity has returned. Probably just stick with some crazy 6 hr course this weekend. Lucho's still busy reading stats from past Leadville 100 mile mtb results.

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  4. TZ is out of town this weekend so I am out - on with the kidz.

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  5. If you ever do this, which direction would you be planning on? I would think E to W, would be preferable, as I think thre is more cement/concrete is on the east. Though you'd have to watch out for that nasty 70 feet of net elevation gain. I can offer you an aide station just off of Eisenhower Park.

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  6. Cool, thanks, 4chi.
    I'm thinking either Apr 9/10 or 23/24 weekends. Have to see how I feel after Antelope, though I'd like to do it the earlier weekend.
    Thanks again.

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  7. April 9/10? Is it a recovery run? You'll be going big the next weekend.

    And was "45 days" a warning?

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  8. With how diverse the canal and canyon runs are, I'm not too concerned about doing them back to back weekends. I'll just wing it as usual and see what happens. "45 days" is more of a countdown.

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  9. I feel it. I'm not the kind to put one of those count-downers on my blog. I basically need to absolutely thrash myself for the next 20-25 days.

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  10. Matt
    Just 5 days a week, 10+ miles for four of them, at least one with 2k climb/descent. And one long run 3.5+hrs long each week. No problem and you'll be ready!

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