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Yesterday I completed the Flagstaff Fearsome Four

Yesterday I completed the Flagstaff Fearsome Four Challenge, with a twist
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I came up with this challenge when I had to return early from Hong Kong in February due to covid fears and was finding all my races were slowly being cancelled. I wanted a challenge that didn’t rely on anyone else and was local. I discovered the Flagstaff Fearsome Four Challenge (http://flagstaffultrarunning.org/flagstaff-fearsome-4), the original brainchild of @bajerscott & Ludo Pierson
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The challenge is to run up and down 4 of the local Flagstaff Peaks - Humphrey’s @12,633ft, Kendrick @10,422ft, Mount Elden @9,301ft and O’Leary @8,916ft within a 24 hour period. Only the ascent and descent of each would be counted, you can drive between peaks and decide how much rest you want to take inbetween and which order you wanted to tackle them in as long as you finished within 24 hours
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I loved the idea but as you may know,
a) I prefer to get around powered by my own 2 legs (plus I don’t have a car), also
b) at the time a lot of the roads were closed for winter so getting to the peaks would have been difficult
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That’s when I decided that I would run all 4 peaks but link them self-powered by foot! To add an extra challenge I decided I would like to do it self supported. All of my races and long adventures have been supported whether it be by volunteers at aid stations, friends or the local community. I can’t tell you how wonderful and motivational it is to have that support network. This time, however, I wanted to do it by myself. I have so many special memories with friends & family from training runs, races and adventures I knew I would never be alone. So I stashed some packages at 4 different spots along the route the day before and hoped that I would have everything I needed
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It was a gnarly day out there in the heat and with the fierce winds on the peak, but 70 miles with 14k ft elevation gain and 21 hours later I got it done
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Since coming up with the idea, both @somo_runner and @buck_blanknship have completed this challenge and both took different routes to each other and myself. They totally crushed it
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Living happy, running free - me & the mountains
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I discovered the magical unicorns @paragonathletic

#ad when I find myself outside of my comfort zone

#ad when I find myself outside of my comfort zone it usually has its rewards. Thankfully I always feel confident with my trusted #altralonepeak
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#livehappyrunfree #choosemountains #altraredteam #livinggratefully #comfortzone #flagstaff #flagstaffslabs

I have the most amazing friends! What a fun birthd

I have the most amazing friends! What a fun birthday workout 🥰🥰🥰 #livehappyrunfree

Birthday challenge complete! It might not have bee

Birthday challenge complete! It might not have been the challenge I was expecting but I got outside of my comfort zone by facing my fear of heights, rock climbing, bush whacking, and route finding up the slabs and was rewarded with some epic views and an adventure to remember with my special unicorn pacers @alimartinez5273 @lololippard & Katie Landry #livehappyrunfree #saltyssquad #altraredteam #salomonwmn #birthday #flagstaff #ultrarunning #trailrunning #adventuretime

Doing my virtual #GOTR5k with a little help from m

Doing my virtual #GOTR5k with a little help from my friend Logan 💜 @gotrna

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