Mountain Highway Hill Training Run
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We had another fairly large turnout
this Sunday, with about 36 runners coming out for the Mountain Highway
run. I managed to drag my tired and hungover butt out of bed after
celebrating my wife's 30th birthday. Noticeably absent was co-RD,
Paul Quinn who attended a wedding the night before. I guess
it must have been an open bar!
I managed to get the group lost within
the first minute as the hole in the fencing around the bottom of the BP
has been repaired. Thankfully Godfrey somehow "Hodinied"
his hand through the gate and unlocked the door. Nice one Godfrey!
An eager bunch of keeners pushed me in the lead group all the way from
Grouse to Mountain Highway and then all the way to the top of "Old
Grouse Mountain Highway". The weather cooperated and, while it
was warm, the sun was hidden so it never got too hot on the open road.
We encountered a bit of snow in the last 10 minutes but nothing compared
to some years previously.
Once at the top some of the group took
the tram down, a few backtracked down Mountain Highway to St. George's
Trail and then back to Grouse via the Baden Powell. Three of us in
the lead group took to the BCMC Trail and had a blast coming down it.
All told we finished the run in a little under 3 hours with others
coming in at various times of up to 4 hours or so. This is one of
my favourite runs and a great hill training session.
Next week's run will be the last half,
from Cleveland Dam to Deep Cove. We'll meet at Panorama Park in
Deep Cove at 8 a.m. and carpool to Cleveland Dam. Hope to see even
more runners out this week, including Paul ;-)
cheers
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