Scatter my ashes here...

Scatter my ashes here...
scatter my ashes in the desert...

Sunday, April 5, 2009

April Mudfest

We didn't get enough miles in, but we did get out and do this for four hours today!

The whole way we felt like we were sliding off the trail.











The other day I woke up to this. Welcome to April in Colorado. It doesn't snow all winter and then at the end of March it dumps.











Trying to get geared up for racing season in this stuff is a challenge. Katy went up to Dillon and skied all day Saturday. The roads were bad, and last night we talked about changing our plans to something really boring, like pavement. But this morning the sky looked clear and it was supposed to stay cold. Good trail conditions, at least the mud wouldn't be an issue. Right?

Four hours of shoe-sucking mud, slush and snowdrifts later, we had our workout in and the hills were socked in and snow was coming down in time for Katy's drive home. It didn't look so bad to the north, but it was blowing in from the west and the wind picked up.











The views from the Blue Sky Trail and the Indian Summer loop were worth the slopfest.















More mud=More fun.

10 comments:

Nick said...

I was running through your skid marks this afternoon it seems. Out and back around Indian Summer from my house. The slop coming back on the service road from Indian Summer was ridiculous!

Nick

David Ray said...

Beautiful pics! My fave is the fifth one. Is that a house sitting up on the ridge? Quite the view.

Lisa B said...

You always take such beautiful pictures!

Lisa Smith-Batchen said...

Love the photos...
Looks like my house to:)
Hope you are doing wonderful

Lisa

Run Home Pam said...

Amazing photos, Alene. I love my New England home, but man, you have such beauty out there!

Alene Gone Bad said...

Thanks for all the photo comments! It's worth taking that big heavy pack so I can have my camera!

Anonymous said...

I would like to join you on your sno-muddy runs. I'm in the tracks now to catch up on all the running I've missed the last couple of years. Please call me anytime, I'm heading out now with Sahale to the Boulder res, for some dry shoeing,
I signed up for Gunnison 15 miler BurningSage (or something like that) with Kyle doing the 30 miler, May 22,23. Anyone want to join us there?
Keeping Upright
Lori

Katy said...

OMG that crazy pack!

JeffO said...

You kids and your mud!

Alene Gone Bad said...

Squish!