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Afternoon Trail Run

MTB team first practice!

Afternoon Workout

Afternoon Mountain Bike Ride

The Church in the Sky. The first time I ran Cone Peak in March took me 2:16, I said there was definitely some time to be taken out of it. I was thinking maybe 5 minutes, I didn't expect to tear out a 12 minute PR and 4 minutes off the FKT. I never felt completely strong and almost decided not to go hard 2 miles in, blaming my Saturday long run for sapping my legs. Fortunately I pushed through those low early miles and then hit the serious hills at mile 5-7.5. During this climb I was reminding myself how poor of a climber I am and if I wanted to get any better I need to spend time in the pain cave burning my ass muscles off. That's just what I did, burned ever last ass muscle I have on getting up miles 5-7.5. I simply remained consistent the rest of the run. Never feeling like I was putting out nearly as much of an effort as I did in March. Finally the last 1.5 miles to the top and Cone Peak is unforgiving on the ass muscles. The final switchbacks are relentless and you're absolutely surprised when the peak finally arrives out of nowhere. Overall, another perfect weekend. This weekend was for Kevin's birthday. The weather was insanely perfect, albeit brutally hot on the descent. I have a mountain lion story from this trip as well, in which I think I may have literally been within 10ft of being on a mountain lions dinner plate, but I don't have a good way to prove it so, I'll just have to tell it as a story of mild embellishment. Otherwise, my favorite place on the planet, Big Sur never lets me down. The campgrounds were empty due to the Government shutdown, which made Big Sur that much more mystical sleeping in the Sprinter with a crystal clear sky and 10,000 stars raining on the Pacific Ocean. My Sunday Church was complete.

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Daniel Scarberry

10/06/2013 Big Sur, CA - Cone Peak

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