Tough day out on a beautiful route! I live below sea level so hard efforts at elevation are always hit and miss. I struggled for the first half on this one this time around.
I was hoping to get to Bue Lakes Pass at six hours. I was 45 minutes later than that. Not feeling too bad about that. However, then my knee started acting up about 25 miles in so I had to take it a little easier for the last half of the trip. I was hoping to get the whole route done this time in 12 hours instead of the 16 1/2 hour trip I did last time. With a knee problem, about 12 became 13 and the 13 became 14. Eventually, my knee felt just under 15 sounded good. Overall, still a beautiful and worthy trip of getting my butt kicked. Love it back there! Long stretches where I didn’t see anyone.