Training Log Archive: phatty

Run around Nita Lake after a long day stuck inside a meeting room

Up into the hills of San Bruno in the cool morning breeze. Nice views over the ocean at the furthest point of my out-and-back. Nice way to start the day. I had hoped to do the same in San Luis Obispo the day before but got stranded in LA overnight instead. Law of averages...so hopefully I'm good for a while.

Rainy out (wha?) but it didn't take away from being a great run on Mt. Fromme. I checked out Pipeline trail as a rece for taking a stab at it on my bike. Definitely stopped a few times to suss out the best line on some of the stunts and I think I saw the longest latticework of bridges, winding through the terrain for quite a distance. So much work put in!

Awesome little adventure atop the high country of Kaua'i. I linked up two out-and-back routes to precipitous drops into the Pacific Ocean with a 'closed due to slide' ridge route and voila, a nice tour. The views were really quite incredible. I was a little spooked for a bit when I came across a group of wild boar. Thankfully, I had scared them off the trail and into the bush below me. I could hear them bushwhacking and snorting away for a while and hoped none would charge. Anyway, I was pretty bagged for the 3k road rash at the end of this session.
For the cyclists, getting atop the Waimea Canyon is a perfectly paved, windy, steep, and beautiful ~30k climb that rivals anything I did in France or Italy. Only Galibier from the north comes to mind as a comparable. Crazy that I only saw 3 riders on the two occasions that we were in the area as I think that this would be one of the best climbs in N.A.

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Powerline Trail...read: supposed trail that runs from the north to the east of the island. However, in November, it appears to be somewhat less of a 'Trail' and more of a 'grassy route which cuts your legs to shreds provided you don't lose the route'. Great views, though.

Along the Na Pali coast on Kaua'i's Kalalau trail. The waterfall at the end of the run was outstanding!

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Back to church.