tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955599134695240379.post1686648884800728880..comments2024-01-08T07:51:56.274-07:00Comments on CO-Runner: Longs Peak Hike/RunWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677463549607656479noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955599134695240379.post-76521098971380043302012-04-10T09:07:31.739-06:002012-04-10T09:07:31.739-06:00Thanks for the feedback Ben. I'm glad to hear...Thanks for the feedback Ben. I'm glad to hear you enjoy reading about my escapades. I wish I had exciting things to write more regularly, but most of my running would be quite boring to read about. Longs is definitely runnable to a point. I was going quite slow on the descent because my legs were spent and I really didn't want to fall. <br /><br />Nick Clark attempted a FKT on Longs two summers ago. He made it up and down in around 3:41. That is simply astounding. Crazy thing is he didn't break the FKT!Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11677463549607656479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955599134695240379.post-35228577172201736582012-04-09T14:39:41.915-06:002012-04-09T14:39:41.915-06:00Thanks for another great post! I wanted to let yo...Thanks for another great post! I wanted to let you know that I really appreciate your blog and always look forward to the next posting. The Longs run sounds great - I've hiked it before but never thought of it for a run before - I'll have to rethink it!Run Ben, Run!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16291724062862087411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955599134695240379.post-34255075530754844362012-04-09T09:27:57.814-06:002012-04-09T09:27:57.814-06:00Thanks for the tip on Chasm Lake mtnrunner2! I wa...Thanks for the tip on Chasm Lake mtnrunner2! I was looking down on the lake from the summit thinking it would be a real nice destination hike/run. Hopefully it won't take me so long to get back up there.<br /><br />Jim - this rapidly diminishing snow pack means sweet trail running for us this spring and early summer....that is if the mountains aren't all on fire by then!Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11677463549607656479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955599134695240379.post-87353553633989121312012-04-09T07:59:52.376-06:002012-04-09T07:59:52.376-06:00Hard to believe how little snow there is up high (...Hard to believe how little snow there is up high (way high). Looks like a great day out there.Jim P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06566980370651311505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955599134695240379.post-41499929877316403292012-04-06T21:37:31.907-06:002012-04-06T21:37:31.907-06:00Nice job! Longs is still one of my favorite 14ers ...Nice job! Longs is still one of my favorite 14ers out of 30+, simply because of the terrain variety and the dramatic trail on the west side. <br /><br />If you haven't run to Chasm Lake (i.e. going straight where you took a right to go up to the Boulder Field) -- do it. Great blue-green alpine lake with a small meadow and a creek below it. Beware of the short but sloped snow field this time of year. http://tinyurl.com/7elhoqd <br /><br />Not much snow up there. Wow. I was looking at Longs today at lunch thinking exactly that!mtnrunner2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974435572236740294noreply@blogger.com