From North to South

Amy's ramblings. Once upon a time these ramblings pertained to my 5 months in Guatemala and Honduras. Then they followed the ebb and flow of my final semester in Alaska. From there things really went south ... to Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. After 8 months in the Andes, I fell back under Alaska's spell … working at a newspaper and wandering mountains. Now I'm somewhat south again ... in Jackson Hole, WY, teaching ski school on the clock and making fresh tracks off the clock.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

38 miles, baby!

On Friday a crew of us - Ed, Mike, Karen and I - ran Resurrection Pass on the Kenai Peninsula. At 38 miles, it was officially the longest run I've ever done. It was a perfect day to be out ... a nice cloud cover, beautiful wildflowers, an impeccable trail and a great crew! It took us 8 1/2 hours to complete the crossing. Afterward we delighted in hamburgers, milkshakes, lattes and every other delicious thing we could think of available between Hope (the town we finished in) and Anchorage.

Starting out .... we're an hour or two into the run at this point

A perfect trail on perfect terrain

Karen

Great views!

Puppy is all grins when it comes to Karen's battle wounds

At this bridge we started to taste the finish

Zippy and his mamma

A 30 second photo stop from a great vantage point

A fun crew

A couple miles from the end we found an old bar stool on the trail ... Karen helped herself to a seat

The big finish! Karen, Amy, Zippy and Puppy after 38 miles on the trail.

Ed and Mike coming in for a landing.

Zippy says I'm feeling a bit tired, I think I'll rest under a tree

In the car ride home ... Zippy is zapped.

Labels: Alaska, Amy, Kenai, max's run, photos, Resurrection Pass, running, Running group, summer, Training, Zippy

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Taking it to the Max... on Max's Run

Today was another blow your socks right off your feet day... or a blow your boots right off your socks day... or a blow your skis right off your boots day... or a blow the snow right off your skis day... yeah, that's it! All sorts of snow definitely blew off our skis today!

Oh and did I mention the views! Maybe the new name of this blog outta be "Another spectacular day." There seems to have been a lot of those lately. And we're only in the beginning of February... the month of snow and sunshine! MY CHEEKS ACTUALLY GOT ROSEY TODAY! It's the first time I've skinned up in the sun all season. Haleluja to longer days, cold temperatures and light snow to boot!