AZT Northern Terminus
Selfie at the start
Stoked on fresh legs halfway through Day 1
Pacer extraordinaire; Dasher ended up doing 46 miles across five different segments with me
First crew intercept
Husky supervision
Day 2
Dasher pacing me through the blizzard
Pooped puppy after 18 miles in the snow
Onwards, still snowing
Once the clouds cleared it was beautiful
Shoe change at the North Kaibab Trailhead
Into the Grand Canyon. I had already logged 28 miles day that.
Not your usual Coco overlook scene
Gorgeous day on the trail
It was great to find dry ground lower down
Roaring springs with cottonwoods at peak
Alpenglow just before Cottonwood CG
See the ringtail?? This was a mile before Phantom Ranch
Ali taking care of me in Tusayan
Recovery stats — phew.
Day 3 - trying to protect my lungs from cold air
Towards Mexico!
Bonk. Much easier to work with it than try to fight it.
Late arrival into our Babbit Ranch camp with mule Mel (thank you!!)
Breakfast!!
Crew love
Ali pacing
Towards Flagstaff
Still making progress
Milestone. My watch was ~5 miles (?) ahead of the actual trail miles by that point, but still…
Thanksgiving breakfast courtesy of Tana & Mel
Thanksgiving zero day
Got a hotel in Flagstaff to take full advantage of the rest day
My butt guard, courtesy of Mel; I had terrible chafing issues on Days 4-5-6, this helped.
Recovery stats after the rest day
Back at it with Dasher the pacer
Amazing trails - unfortunately I was hurt too badly to be able to run at this point.
Still moving forward
Party intercept in the van — Dasher catches the mood
Paul 💙
Moral support
An unexpected intercept from Tana complete with fairy lights and all 💫
spotted trailside… a sign?
hard to see but this is a fresh bear track….
see it now?
Amy pacing me for the second segment in <12 hours
Paul pacing!
First time in five years that he paced me 💙
Stoke is high - we didn’t know yet the adventure was about to be over
The descent that made me drop
Bad feet. LOWA’s ATR Fortux worked out great for me; the Altras (white), not so much.
Final crew intercept
Mile 309.2. I hadn’t stopped the tracker yet but we knew it was over.
In great spirits, just missing a functioning right leg
Paul, Tana, Amy, Mel
Crew selfie in Pine
The aftermath… doctor’s visit
Waiting for the xray tec
Inconclusive xray. The story continues!