Re: The Big 3-0 and other news
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Originally Posted by Tensor
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Originally Posted by Laser Jock
I'm not really doing all that much to celebrate today, but this weekend I will be trying to break my old record climbing Pikes Peak (13 miles, 7600 foot climb in 4 hours, 50 minutes set 10 years ago when I was 20). I will be trying to get up in less than 4 hours. We'll see. I might not be that old yet.
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Sigh. Nope, old.  OK, I did break my old time by almost a half hour (4 hours, 24 minutes), but I didn't get up in less than 4 hours. I was slowed by my right knee that decided to misbehave less than 1/3 of the way up. Fortunately it did stop hurting (or at least went numb) the last three miles. I was also weakened by a stomach bug (or something) that I've been fighting all this last week. Three trips to the bathroom that morning is not the condition you want to be in when you start one of these climbs. Like I said I think I'm getting old. 8-[
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