On June 25 I did a run up and down 14,265′ Quandary, just South of Breckenridge Colorado, to test my current level of fitness as I get myself psyched about Elbrus Race 2012. When I did the 2010 Race I also ran Quandary a handful of times, and wanted to check my progress to see what my current level of fitness is.
Here’s a Google Map of the run I did:
I also have a Google Earth embedded in my other blog HERE along with some other description. I did 1:33 up and 1:26 down. Up was a PR, but down was not. I did have a lot surer footing on the way down than I have in previous mountain speed runs, but I guess it’s a bit slow compared to the one I did at 1:10, during which I fell twice and ended up having to halt training for a week to recover.
My previous PR was the last Quandary attempt I did in 2010 just a month before the Elbrus Race that year, so I am about 2 months ahead in fitness this year. I need to work my down times a bit, since there is a cutoff for the descent, but it is reasonable.
This is looking back in time a bit, and since I’ve done more training that I’ll report later.