Cheyenne Cañon Hill Climb

For the past 8 years or so, I have been joining a group to run up Cheyenne Cañon. Most are folks from Team C.R.U.D. www.teamcrud.com , a local ultra running group that does crazy stuff on a weekly basis. This run happens every Thursday morning from the time change in November until the times changes back in the Spring. After the first run of the year and people have a time to base future runs off, it's done as a handicap run with the goal for everyone to finish at 6:40. This means that a 35 min runner would start at 6:05, a 40 minute runner at 6:00, a 45 minute runner at 5:55, etc. The goal is to have everyone coming up that last straightaway with the entire group insight, hopefully all finishing within seconds of each other. It makes it really fun, regardless of ability level since the playing field is evened out with the handicapped timing at the start. It's a little over 4 miles long but is ALL uphill. For comparison, times for the climb are pretty close to what people run for a 10k flat run. 2.2 miles less distance, similar times. It's a real kick in the rear. I thought I'd share my file via Training Peaks so you can see the challenge. It's and awesome run! Please come out and join us. My Training Peaks file.