Prince of the Ridge

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I did 25 laps yesterday for a total of 10,375' of hiking up hill. Roughly equivalent to climbing 16,600 stairs. The winner this year was another John. I led for the first 3 laps and then decided I didn't want to suffer that badly all day and slowed down a little bit. I ended up taking second in mens to another John, and third overall as the winning women did 26. She was the 4 time national mountaineering champ, so I certainly don't feel bad about losing to her. I carried my GPS, here's what it looked like:

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Anonymous said…
WQW!!!!!!!!!Congratulations. You are the MAN. JP 6 7/8ths.
9:27 PM, February 18, 2007
Anonymous said…
Looks like a lot of repetition to me and a lot of heavy breathing. Sounds like the spoils were pretty good for the prince.
8:57 AM, February 20, 2007
Unknown said…
Yeah, lots of repetition and enough heavy breathing that I picked up a smokers cough for a few days. The spoils were almost $400 in sporting equipment, so it was probably worth the 5 hours of moderate discomfort. Now I have another backpack to add to the 6 that are in my closet already. . .
9:11 AM, February 20, 2007
jesse parker said…
Good work prince, you should hook up with some sponsors for next year, and have them pay for some blood doping. I hear that's what you do to win these days...
11:10 AM, February 20, 2007
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