Utah Lake to the Top Of Timp

It was fun.

It was epic.

It was a blast.

It felt so good.

It hurt in a good way.

It was absolutely stunningly gorgeous.

We managed to take lot of pictures.

Mainly Jen.

Thank you!

6:00 am

American Fork Boat Harbor

Mountain Silhouette

Excited for the journey

to the top

6:20 am

About to jump into

the nice warm calm lake

7:00 am

Ready to rock

Heading up into the canyon

Climbing the Alpine Loop

with Jameson

Timpooneke Campground

Awesome group of girls

Jen, Keena, Melissa

8:45 am

A little reunion

before the real fun

is about to start

8:50

Hitting the trail

Enjoying the majestic beauty

Going up, up, up

Getting closer

10:55 am

We made it!

Enjoying the view

for a few minutes

Having a little snack

at the top

Moose in a meadow

on the way down

Keena coming down

This girl is my hero

I want to be like her some day

12:50 pm

Back to the bikes

There were quite a few of us crazies

2:30 pm

We're back to the cars

Sweaty

Tired

Happy

Our adventure

was everything and more

that I had hoped for.

What a great day in the mountains!

Overall workout time:

6 hours 30 minutes

Run to the top:

2 hours 5 minutes

Felt really good

except for the very end

of the downhill run.

Downhill is not my thing.

Loved the uphill.

Gained some mental toughness.

I am so glad

Jen was able to come.

I loved having her there.

Not because she was

carrying my camera.

Because she is always

an inspiration.

Thank you, Jen!

PS: Karl had an amazing performance at the Speedgoat 50k. He took 4th in a time of 6:27. That might not seem fast but you have no idea how insane the profile was! Congratulations, Papa! I am so happy it went so well. He promised to write something about it. We'll see... Life is a little crazy right now.

Comments

JessWilson said…

Way to go Sarah and Jen! You're both AmAzing! And I'm so glad you were able to take pictures of your adventure. :)

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