1leglance
2007 Expedition Trophy Champion, Overland Certifie
As part of my prep for this summers Continental Divide Expedition I need to get some weekend expedition style runs in. The idea is to start building the habits that will get me through 5000 miles running dirt & pavement.
Also I want to check out some more areas for Disabled Explorers' Trail Guides.
So my plan goes something like this:
Leave Phx Friday at 3pm pavement to
Florence Junction dirt to
Willow Springs Road
Oracle
Peppersauce campground north of mount lemon Friday night, maybe by 7pm
Sat am Get up, Pack up and hit the dirt by 8am
Reddington
Cascabel
Benson
Tombstone
Gleason Ghost Town
Courtland Ghost Town
Pearce Ghost Town
Middlemarch road to camp in the Dragoon Mtns Sat night
this will be where ever I find a nice spot, not a campground
Sunday am Get up, Pack up and hit the trail by 8am
Tombstone
Charleston Rd & Ghost Town
Sierra Vista
Coronado Nat Monument
Monetzuma pass
Duquesne Ghost Town
Mowry Ghost Town
Harshaw Ghost Town
Patagonia - where I would setup camp if I was on an extended trip
then on the highway home through
Tuscon to
Phx
With the excellent response I got from my Weekend West of Wickenburg I thought I would open this up to a few fine folks with the following understanding...
This is not technical trail running but mostly dirt roads so I can assess avg speed/pace/fuel consumption. While there will be stops at Ghost Towns and such to document the Trail Guide I really want to get a feel for what it is like to avg 200 miles/day on dirt (that is what the Cont. Divide trip works out to more or less).
I have DaktariEd joining Saturday for part of the mad dash, and Mike-tibaal joining me friday night -sunday for the majority of the run.
I am doing this to polish navigation skills so no complaints about U-turns and no complaints about how we aren't going up that creekbed to climb those rocks! Ghost towns & camping are the goals...with 8hrs of on road time planned Sat & Sun. This should be a mild run as far as terrain but you still need a decent running rig, spare tire, food, water, camping gear (unless you are just along for the day), & a great attitude. The pace will be brisk but it should be fun!
Chime in if you would like to meet up for any or all of this training exercise.
CB channel 16
2M 146.460 I will look up repeaters for the route and add those
I am attaching a google earth file with some markers just kind of roughly showing the plan.
Also I want to check out some more areas for Disabled Explorers' Trail Guides.
So my plan goes something like this:
Leave Phx Friday at 3pm pavement to
Florence Junction dirt to
Willow Springs Road
Oracle
Peppersauce campground north of mount lemon Friday night, maybe by 7pm
Sat am Get up, Pack up and hit the dirt by 8am
Reddington
Cascabel
Benson
Tombstone
Gleason Ghost Town
Courtland Ghost Town
Pearce Ghost Town
Middlemarch road to camp in the Dragoon Mtns Sat night
this will be where ever I find a nice spot, not a campground
Sunday am Get up, Pack up and hit the trail by 8am
Tombstone
Charleston Rd & Ghost Town
Sierra Vista
Coronado Nat Monument
Monetzuma pass
Duquesne Ghost Town
Mowry Ghost Town
Harshaw Ghost Town
Patagonia - where I would setup camp if I was on an extended trip
then on the highway home through
Tuscon to
Phx
With the excellent response I got from my Weekend West of Wickenburg I thought I would open this up to a few fine folks with the following understanding...
This is not technical trail running but mostly dirt roads so I can assess avg speed/pace/fuel consumption. While there will be stops at Ghost Towns and such to document the Trail Guide I really want to get a feel for what it is like to avg 200 miles/day on dirt (that is what the Cont. Divide trip works out to more or less).
I have DaktariEd joining Saturday for part of the mad dash, and Mike-tibaal joining me friday night -sunday for the majority of the run.
I am doing this to polish navigation skills so no complaints about U-turns and no complaints about how we aren't going up that creekbed to climb those rocks! Ghost towns & camping are the goals...with 8hrs of on road time planned Sat & Sun. This should be a mild run as far as terrain but you still need a decent running rig, spare tire, food, water, camping gear (unless you are just along for the day), & a great attitude. The pace will be brisk but it should be fun!
Chime in if you would like to meet up for any or all of this training exercise.
CB channel 16
2M 146.460 I will look up repeaters for the route and add those
I am attaching a google earth file with some markers just kind of roughly showing the plan.