Climbing to the Top
My good friend Brian Robinson is a true believer in measuring your performance based on time trial trails and he has me sold. I love to climb!
Waterline (Alms House to Bluffline) = 0.76 miles and 569' of climb
Death Trail (Bottom to overlook) = 0.64 miles and 655' of climb
Warpath Ridge Goat Trail to O'Shaughnessy 0.31 miles and 216' of climb for 12.7% ave grade
K2 (or Flat Rock Connector from Flat Rock intersection to Goat Trail) = 0.40 miles and 262' of climb
Sinks (Start below 3 benches at lowest point up Sinks, across Mtn Mist Trail to Stone Wall at bikers lot) = 0.50 miles and 292' of climb
Natural Well (from Natural well trail intersection with Arrowhead trail to the actual Natural Well) = 0.33 miles and 326' of climb
Old Sugar Tree (from Sugar Tree Pl SE road, up old gravel road Sugar Tree Trail to the intersection with Certain Trail) = 1.3 3 miles and 608' of climb
Bankhead Challenge (1.23 miles from the top gate at the overlook at 1,570' to the bottom gate at 1,335' along the closed section of Bankhead Parkway and then back up, totalling 2.46 miles containing 235' of drop (3.6%) and 235' of climb for 470' of elevation change.)
Waterline (Alms House to Bluffline) = 0.76 miles and 569' of climb
- Time: 8:53 (updated on January 2, 2012) in the middle of a 13 mile run with Will Barnwell and Laura McCrain
- Times: 9:53, 9:30, 9:21 (updated January 1, 2012) doing repeats in the middle of an 8 mile run.
- Old best was 9:43 from January 10, 2009 while chasing David Riddle
Death Trail (Bottom to overlook) = 0.64 miles and 655' of climb
- Time: 8:48 (updated September 11, 2011 with James Falcon and Eric Fritz)
- Time: 8:55 (updated Saturday, February 23, 2013 running solo)
Warpath Ridge Goat Trail to O'Shaughnessy 0.31 miles and 216' of climb for 12.7% ave grade
- Time: 2:49 (updated March 4, 2017 with Alex Clark and James Falcon)
K2 (or Flat Rock Connector from Flat Rock intersection to Goat Trail) = 0.40 miles and 262' of climb
- Time: 4:33 (updated Jan 17, 2008 with E. Schotz and J. Elmore)
Sinks (Start below 3 benches at lowest point up Sinks, across Mtn Mist Trail to Stone Wall at bikers lot) = 0.50 miles and 292' of climb
- Time: 4:26 (updated Jan 17, 2008 with E. Schotz and J. Elmore)
- Note trail change and segment no longer the same at the top
Natural Well (from Natural well trail intersection with Arrowhead trail to the actual Natural Well) = 0.33 miles and 326' of climb
- Time: 4:21 (updated Jan 18, 2008)
Old Sugar Tree (from Sugar Tree Pl SE road, up old gravel road Sugar Tree Trail to the intersection with Certain Trail) = 1.3 3 miles and 608' of climb
- Time: 13:11 (updated June 9, 2007)
- Trail change and segment no longer open at the bottom
Bankhead Challenge (1.23 miles from the top gate at the overlook at 1,570' to the bottom gate at 1,335' along the closed section of Bankhead Parkway and then back up, totalling 2.46 miles containing 235' of drop (3.6%) and 235' of climb for 470' of elevation change.)
- Down in 6:30 (5:17 pace) + Up in 7:58 (6:29 pace) = 14:28 (5:39 pace) on September 8, 2011
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