A Quick Snack on Scott's Treadmill Full trail; no shortcuts. When my plan to run Timp today fell apart, I searched my memory banks for an alternate run that could be done in an hour or so. Mt. Wire fit the need nicely. Plus, since I have been gathering my fastest times on my favorite mountains, today would be a good one to see if I could beat Scott's Wire summit time of 39 minutes. (I think that's his best time?) My best time before today was somewhere between 50 and 55 minutes. I began running from the car, carrying nothing but moist wipes. Not even water is as important as wipes. After about 15 minutes I wished I had brought water. It was hot up there. I ran most of the way and decided to skip the shortcut and take the full route past Brain's favorite tent spot on the trail. Up at the second flat before the final hill beneath the reflectors I passed one other runner making his descent. He looked like he could have been one of the Wasatch 100 runners, but who knows? Trail runners all start to look the same after I have seen tens of dozens of them lately. I reached the reflectors with about a minute and a half left if I was going to go under 40 minutes. It is surprising how much distance a running man can cover in a couple minutes. Time seems to go slowly. I reached the summit at 40:20. Dang. a minute or so behind Scott's last run up Wire. I wanted to get under 39 minutes to force him back up there to defend his King of the Wire designation. No time for love on the summit. I turned around and began the decent. Shaky legs. No water, sweating in the afternoon heat. But I had my wipes! They stayed in the bag the entire way. I reached the bottom of the trail in 1:09.40. Not bad, but I am certain I can take 5 minutes off that summit time. It would have to be on a morning after a solid night's sleep. You win this time Scott, but I'll be back!
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