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Outstanding. Finisher is a strong accolade. I would love to hear about your gear list starting w/ the shoes. Your opinions about what worked or didn't would be valued.


mike r

wow, the pic of the blowdown in the midst of 100+ miles makes my knees hurt. Well done, warden!!

Nice job MtWarden, thats pretty epic.

ready to do it again? or are you still swearing youll never do it again???

27 mile ride

danke

oh I'm definitely going to give it another go- God willing

mike -I was using LaSportiva Akasha shoes, it's one of their heavier trail runners- I run in other shoes, but find these just right for hiking- good outsole with a very grippy compound- tough too, this is their second Open (with additional 3-400 miles of tough hiking/snowshoeing)

pack is a Exped Lightning- 45 liters, use a Climashield Apex quilt (MLD), thermarest xtherm for a pad, tarp and light bivy (also from MLD) for shelter- al good performers and basically the same lineup for the last three years

I use MSR Shift snowshoes, which are a youth shoe, but found out they will accommodate up to about a Men's 11 w/ the binding- nice and lightweight, but good bindings and aggressive crampons/traction bars

don't want to derail our fitness thread, if you want more details I'll happily share what I know- you can shoot me a pm if you do

Lifted hard yesterday! I need to put more packing weight into the mix. I feel stronger.

recovery is going pretty well- much better than last year where I had some soft tissue/tendon/ligament damage

round robin of 10 sets of 20 pushups/20 situps/5 pullups

4.5 mile hike with Tiny Elvis

Be careful Warden, those chickens have a way of coming home to roost as you get older. As I'm finding out now.

What's bugging you, SP?

Every injury I have had in my life has some holdover; to include the elbow at age 11, lower back at 14, and on and on... but it's the "itis" type stuff that freaks me out as I get older... tendinitis.. fasciitis... etc. Those things take forEVER to resolve, if they ever do.

My wife is doing a week+ backpack in the Yosemite area (the Muir trail) in a month and has a knee injury that happened in January that she still can't shake.. ironically the biggest improvement came after getting sick with a whole-body "bleah" type inflammatory response. Once that all calmed down, the knee was considerably better.

Aging bodies are just weird. I seem to have impacted my GOOD hip with all the walking funny from my bout of fasciitis. Greeeaaat.

knock on wood (twice!)- I've been rather fortunate with injuries, no old/nagging injuries- I did get a stress fracture in my left heel two springs ago that kept me from running for ~ 10 weeks (I ran on on pavement at a school I was attending and that's when it lowered the boom); last Open I had injured both feet in the area that comprises extensor ligaments/tendons (on top of the foot where it flexes)- I'm pretty sure that happened because I tried to jog some final miles out on some logging roads- not a great idea with a 20 lb pack

like I said knock on wood!

Muscle memory is coming back....

I am so busy with all of the different activities that I am cutting my cardio and Intervals short but I want to get a solid base of savage before I shift gears.

Arthritic ankle. Osteoarthritis from multiple sprains going back to high school. Three years ago I was doing one-legged box jumps. Two years ago, an Alaska sheep hunt. I couldn't do either one today, gets worse every year. Now it's like walking around on a sprained ankle, permanently.

The only long-term option for treatment is fusion of the ankle, and I don't want that. I'll try another cortisone shot this hunting season, see how that works.

That sucks. Ironically the one significant injury I can remember that did NOT carry forward was a badly sprained ankle in 7th grade.

In my 30's, so late 90's, I thought the hip I tore up skiing in '88 was going to lead to replacement ASAP. It was KILLING me and had been for years. However, it stabilized, maybe due to some incredibly painful aggressive stretching (adhesions?) and as long as I avoid jarring impact, gives me minimal grief other than a constant dull ache that I hardly notice anymore.

May you be so lucky.

5.5 miles on the trails w/ Tiny Elvis; kept up a good pace despite some steep climbs- between 3.5-4 mph- not bad considering 4" legs

3-mile brisk walk with my wife.

First one-foot-in-front-of-another intentional walk since last fall's PF attack... foot feels "good"... sweet!

I recently bought both Salomon Quest 4's and the X-Ultra 2 low tops... really loving the support and footbeds. MT, are those Sportivas?

Jeff- those are Pear Izumi N2's- I've gone through about 12 pairs over the last four years, sadly they are going out of the running shoe business- I've stocked up some, but just a matter of time before I deplete my supply

I do have a pair of LaSportivas- the Akashas- I need to replace that pair as they have finished two Bob Marshall Opens (and a bunch of snowshoe miles)- little beefier than your average trail runner, good sticky compound too

I've owned a couple of pairs of Salomon's- great shoes, but none have been roomy enough in the toe box for me (have loooong toes!)

Mike

Wow- didn't know P-I made running shoes! They make excellent cycling gear.

LaSportiva... I used to use their climbing shoes back in the day. Similar colors, haha... gaudy. I was surprised to see them in the hiking shoe business. Look nice, but the Salomons feel like they put my foot on a pedestal and then built the shoe around it.

5-ish miles on the trails; first time running in two weeks- took it pretty easy

27 mile hill ride, got back, changed clothes, then did 4.5 mile walk with Cyn.

30 minutes- 3 sets of BP 315lbs X 10 Reps. 3 sets of 405 Sq X 10 reps, 3 sets of hack squats 360lbs X 10reps. 3 sets of lat pulldowns 240lbs.