Circuit
700 meter row, 70 calorie Airdyne, 15 straight leg situps, 15 ring rows
repeat with 600 & 60, 500 & 50, 400 & 40, 300 & 30, 200 x 20
34:00
Got the bodyweight scale tonight and set it up. It looks really sweet.
Booked my tickets for the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim run in May. The stats are 21 miles, 4500 feet of decline and 5500 feet of climbing, which doesn't seem like a big deal to me (the TRT 50k is 33 miles and 6000 feet of climbing at an elevation above 8000 feet and I can do that in 6:45). But if you read the internet about this run, people make it sound like the Bataan Death March.
However, I don't see how it will take more than about 5 - 5 1/2 hours. Supposedly the climb out of the canyon ends with a 4.7 mile, 4000 foot climb which people say is like climbing stairs for 5 miles. But just last weekend our Peavine climb was 4 miles and 3000 feet of climbing and that took 1:15 and I wasn't trying that hard. George, I know you are reading this, how long does it take to go South rim to North rim for a dude like me?
These pictures are amazing.
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Friday 052413
19 hours ago
So, the answer is that it depends a bit on how you take it.
ReplyDeleteThis was my first ultra so to speak, but unlike any run I have ever done, I felt many times compelled to stop and say, "wow." Simply, that is the canyon. As we dropped into it, I saw the music of the sunrise playing on its walls. I really felt a division between moving forward, and stopping and hearing the beauty of that sunrise. A rare rare moment for me.
But still I got down to the river in just over an hour. Probably the same for you. Give or take. But really, it comes down to, are you gunning it or funning it.
I got to the north rim screwing around just under 4 hours. There was a good amount of snow for the last few miles which further slowed me down. I hear that is not an issue this year (yet).
So if you keep your head down, you can move up the north rim (it is never really steep) in 4 hours. So, sub five is very do-able.
But seriously, it would be a beautiful thing to walk the whole thing and just touch the face of that place.
Sorry, I don't think I helped.
(that said, I still think the RT is in your grasp. Now if you want to hurt, that climb for the last seven out of the river is epic)
Thanks George, this is perfect. We are definitely planning on taking our time to enjoy the sights, taking pictures, etc. But we have so many logistical issues to manage (flights, meeting up with other campers later in the day, etc) that we were trying to get a realistic range of time we have to work in. Thanks so much.
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