Quad Rock training week 15

Week 15 was my peak week before Quad Rock. I didn't run a lot, but it was all high quality running. 14 hours, 23 minutes all training 24.8 miles running 6,020 feet D+ running Tuesday I hiked and ran up and down Green Mountain in Boulder, my first time on that route. I went up the steep side and down the runnable side. It's a ridiculously steep trail: in the first mile I gained 1,300 feet of elevation. There's a ladder at one point, that's how steep it is. The second mile has a short runnable section and averages only 19%. I went steadily to the top and ran the downhills of Ranger and Gregory Canyon as fast as I could while sight-reading. Green Mountain is fun, easy to access, and loved almost to death by Boulderites. The Amphitheater and Saddle Rock trails are in bad shape. The geology of Boulder's Mountain Parks and Lory State Park are similar, but because the intrusion of the Boulder Creek Batholuth there is broader and 1,000 feet higher than at Horsetooth Mountain and Arthur's…