2500 VERTICAL FEET OF ELEVATION GAIN!!!!!!
Wow!!!! Johnny just added up the vertical feet of elevation that I climbed today - I thought it was about 2000, which would have been decent. But it was 2500!!!!!!!
The most vt. ft. I've ever done, period, is 2700 (over 7 miles on easy trails up in Flagstaff to a saddle on the way to Humphries, when I was unaware that I was three weeks pregant.)Wow! I'm already gaining fitness!
My pace for 10.25 miles (Ross thinks we did 10, and I think we did 10.5, so 10.25 is a good compromise) and 2500 vt. ft. was 18:27/mile (just over three miles an hour), which sounds slow to me, but when I realize that the stats for this run reflect what used to be an advanced hike for me, I am excited! In the past, I would have averaged two miles an hour, or 30 minutes/mile, for a 10.25m/2500vf hike! It would have taken over five hours, instead of three!
Wow! Look how far I've come already!