Oh the crazy things i do...

Today sounded like a good day to hike humphreys. Except hiking might be an understatement. I have always wanted to run it. Yes, run it. It was more like going as fast as i could without dying or feeling bad, but i guess we could call it jogging.
I once warmed up with an olympian who said that he had made it to the summit in 30 minutes. I was blown away because the fastest i have ever done it was 2hr 15min to the saddle and back down which is over an hour up to the saddle, let alone all the way to the summit. Since then, and this was junior year in high school, i have wanted to try it myself. Today was the day.
I started out at about 10am and didn't stop at all until i got to the top. I passed a few people. Mostly the ones who were more ambitious than me and got up a lot earlier then i did. Never the less i still made it up in 1hr 17min 42sec. I felt unbelieveably good surprisingly. I haven't run that far for months let alone up a mountain.
So, i was glad i made it.I was very flattered when a woman i passed going up stopped me as i was going down and asked if i was an olympian or something. I said, "no, just crazy" and thats exactly how i feel. By the time i got down i was so done with that mountain. It was a bad choice overall. I rushed back home, ate a popsicle, a cold glass of ice water and took an ice bath. I ate lunch and took a nap. The morning pretty much drained my whole day. I made it from trailhead to summit and back down in 2hr 21min 51sec. Not bad.