Rad Run: Franconia Ridge in the White Mountains

As part of my annual trip back home to New England I spent three days up in Vermont with Josh Ferenc (Wild Neoteny), which included a trip over to the White Mountains in New Hampshire for a 2.5-3 hour run along a few trails in Franconia Notch. Josh, Greg Hammett and I ran up the Falling Waters trail to Little Haystack (4,760 ft.) and then along Franconia Ridge to Mount Lincoln (5,089 ft.) and Mount Lafayette (5,249 ft.) then down to the Greenleaf hut and eventually back to the parking lot below Cannon on the Old Bride Path.

The ascent was very challenging for me. It was really tough to go from the car straight up for the first hour. Once we hit the ridge things were a little easier, but I definitely gained some serious respect for running up there.

I gave Josh my GoPro to get some video of the adventure and while he was big on the selfie glamour shots he did get some pretty cool stuff. The summits were shrouded in clouds for much of the day but when it started to clear up there were some absolutely amazing views.

I'll post some pictures later, but for now I wanted to get the video up. We gained 4,072 feet for anyone wondering. The week before I ran 17 and gained a little over 2000 feet, so yeah that was a lot of vert for me.

Video Race Recap: Dirty Spokes Sawnee Mountain

I have a few write ups to finish but here's a quick video recap of my last race. I was a little flat, but I chalk that up to vacation legs and/or running with Josh and Greg in the White Mountains on Monday.

Video Race Recap: 2015 Peachtree Road Race

Things didn't go as planned but after looking at the overall results it was a slow day for pretty much everyone. I finished 61st, which was actually a little more frustrating at first because if I'd been able to find any kind of gas in the last mile I would have been able to meet my goal of top 50 despite having a crappy day. I'd be more mad if I felt like I just packed in it, but I battled, I just didn't have it yesterday. Full write up to follow.