Round Trip - Crowders Mt to Brown Mt

After my visitor center to visit center run a couple of weeks ago, I wanted something more. Today, I went from the Crowders Mt Visitor Center to the Kings Mt Visitor and then on down to the top of Brown Mt. This totals out at 30 miles round trip.

The start was a little cold but I warmed up quickly while climbing to the top of Pinnacle. Running down the Ridge line trail was chilly. The wind blew out of the south but once I dropped off the top of the ridge line, my hands warmed up. The rest of the run was super nice. I encountered numerous hikers and runners along the trail. A few day hikers were hanging out on the top of Brown Mt.

Shout out the State Park workers. The trail has been cleared of trees so I didn't have obstacles to overcome during this run.

To give you some idea of the elevation changes, I pulled a copy of my Garmin results to include here.

Looking this chart, this course does not look all that hard, but let me tell you. I was breathing pretty hard in several sections and had some quad burning as well.

Apparently, whether I am going up hill or downhill, my pace doesn't have a tremendous amount of change in it. Of course, this is from a training run where I was more interested in enjoying a beautiful day on the trails. Some sight seeing is allowed.

Laps	Time	Cumulative Time	Elev Gain	Elev Loss	Avg Run Cadence	Calories	Moving Time
1	10:24	10:24	204	85	172	108	10:24
2	11:39	22:03	531	--	170	145	11:39
3	12:59	35:02:00	115	450	164	160	12:59
4	11:25	46:27:00	191	298	168	139	11:25
5	11:02	57:29:00	104	153	170	141	11:02
6	10:05	1:07:34	269	123	170	129	10:05
7	11:38	1:19:12	189	256	166	141	11:38
8	11:24	1:30:36	51	315	166	140	11:24
9	11:09	1:41:44	176	135	168	143	11:09
10	10:07	1:51:52	75	125	170	126	10:07
11	10:23	2:02:15	70	166	170	125	10:23
12	11:30	2:13:45	103	79	168	138	11:30
13	13:15	2:27:00	161	100	166	142	11:48
14	11:35	2:38:35	207	149	168	65	11:35
15	11:27	2:50:02	157	129	168	73	11:26
16	11:56	3:01:58	158	259	166	132	11:52
17	11:12	3:13:11	224	133	168	86	11:12
18	10:57	3:24:08	105	239	168	77	10:57
19	11:36	3:35:44	76	125	168	135	11:36
20	11:23	3:47:07	127	38	170	135	11:23
21	11:23	3:58:30	84	23	170	104	11:23
22	11:43	4:10:13	133	133	166	63	11:43
23	13:01	4:23:14	268	40	166	66	13:01
24	12:33	4:35:47	348	234	166	85	12:33
25	10:04	4:45:51	92	309	170	114	10:04
26	11:58	4:57:50	224	81	168	54	11:58
27	10:13	5:08:03	316	331	168	30	10:13
28	12:40	5:20:43	485	66	158	61	12:38
29	10:18	5:31:01	--	496	170	90	10:18
30	10:08	5:41:09	70	254	170	123	10:08
31	00:10.7	5:41:19	--	--	174	2	0:09
Summary	5:41:19	5:41:19	5,312	5,323	168	3,272	5:39:41

Kickin' up trail dust

The Cool Down Runner