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| home away from home for 3 months! |
I signed (well did the good old fashioned hand shake) the 3 month lease for my Breckenridge summer apartment today! My best bud, Ted's Dad owns a beautiful 2nd home in Breckenridge and it has a garage apt that is rarely used. I rented it last year while I trained for the
Breck Epic and the owner gladly rented to me again this summer.
(I swear I have no idea why my life is so amazing, but I'm very grateful)
It's off Boreas Pass road and sits at a whopping elevation of 10,200+ . I'm feeling the lack of oxygen for sure. I'm slightly light headed and dizzy.
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| oh...elevation 10,273 |
It's 90 miles from the house and the temps are so much more comfortable up here than they are in Boulder during the summer. Since I can work 2 days a week from home - I plan to spend 3 or 4 days a week up here.
First order of business was to check out running routes. Since I'm familiar with all the mtn bike routes - I rode around today looking at the trails with the 'eye of a runner'.
6 5.6 mile loop
I was hoping this loop would be 6 miles - but it's a tad short. Here's what it looks like in pictures.
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| Starting off on Boreas Pass Rd - nice railroad grade |
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| I guess the view isn't too shabby either, eh? |
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| It's exactly 3 miles to Baker's Tank and the turnoff to SINGLETRACK |
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| This tops out at 10,705 - no wonder I was light headed |
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| feels like being in fairy tale land |
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| pic doesn't do it justice, but there is some niiice chunky sections. yeeHAW! |
Lucha's
My most favorite find in Breck last year was
Lucha's. Everyone I told about the place has loved it. It's what Chipotle should be - actually, Lucha ruined Chipotle's for me. Since I discovered Lucha's, I have not been able to bring myself to go back to Chipotle.
So of course after scoping out the 5.6 mile loop - I treated myself to dinner. yum!
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| made to order tacos, beer and queso...so GOOD! |
That's about it...I'm about to
succumb to an altitude (or otherwise known as lack of oxygen) induced nap.
If anyone wants to come up and do some trail running - let me know!!
Comments
i have run with mace before - but a small one (it was a keychain). this lady had two huge cans the size of spraypaint (at least, i'm assuming they were mace, i don't know what else they could be?) i know what you mean though about sherry. it amazes me that people do things like that in this world and don't realize what the heck it means/does. better to be safe than sorry! thanks for reading my blog and allowing me to find yours :)