Speed Records

Biking | Hiking/Trail Running | Climbing | Running

Here is a collection of my ridiculous things at which I occasionally time myself. It seems the max climbing speed that I can maintain over an hour is around 3000 vertical feet. I think the unofficial world's best for a vertical mile (5280 feet) is around 48 minutes. This was a topic of discussion on rec.climbing at one time.

Biking Records

Event

Start

End

Record time

Bike Mt. Evans
(about 6800' vertical)

Ranger Station in Idaho Springs

End of road at summit

2:40:25

(37th out of 108 in Cat. 5 division)

Bike to Breckenridge
(95 miles, 9600' vertical)

Superior, Colorado

Breckenridge, Colorado

7 hours

Bike Flagstaff
(about 1000' vertical)

Gregory Canyon turnoff

Flagstaff summit turnoff

16:20
(April 13, 1999)

Morgul-Bismark loop

 

 

Average speed: 21 mph

Longs Peak Triathlon
(bike to Longs trailhead, hike to summit, return)
(about 11,000' vertical)

North Boulder

North Boulder

13 hours

 

Hiking/Trail Running Records

Event

Start

Finish

Time

Run Lookout Mountain
(in Golden)
(1700 vertical feet)

Lowest trailhead near 6th Avenue and Clear Creek Canyon

Summit

38:00

South Boulder Peak
(about 2840' vertical)

South Mesa Trailhead

Summit

59:11

Run Flagstaff
(about 1100' vertical)

Gregory Canyon turnoff

Last road crossing

19:58

Hike Peak 8 above Breckenridge
(3200' vertical)

Double Eagle Condo's on Four o'clock Road

Summit

1:05:00

Mesa Trail (South to North)

South Mesa Trailhead

North Mesa Trailhead at Chataqua Park

59:53

Double Mesa Trail

South Mesa Trailhead

South Mesa Trailhead

1:07:00

Pikes Peak Ascent
(7800' vertical, 13.4 miles)

Manitou Springs

Summit

3:09:30

Bear Peak via West Ridge Trail

Trailhead in Devil's Thumb housing development

Summit

1:07:30

Green Mountain via Gregory Canyon and Ranger Trail

Chataqua

Summit

56:30

Mt. Sanitas

Bridge at trailhead

Summit

20:35

 

Climbing Records

Event

Start

End

Record time

Royal Arches in Yosemite
(about 1500' vertical)

Bottom of first pitch

Both team members at top of last pitch

1:08:00

Yellow Spur in Eldorado
(1200' vertical)

Main Eldorado parking lot

Main Eldorado parking lot

1:15:26 (44:21 for both climbers to complete route)

Third Flatiron
(1600' vertical)

Chataqua Park

Chataqua Park

47:40

All Five Flatirons
(about 5000' vertical)

Chataqua Park

Chataqua Park

9 hours

East Buttress of Lower Cathedral Rock in Yosemite (about 1500' vertical)

Bottom of first pitch

Both climbers done with last pitch

2:58:34 (3:58:03 car to car)

Seal Rock (East Face)

Devil’s Thumb Subdivision

Devil’s Thumb Subdivision

54:02

Bastille Crack in Eldorado

Base of route

Base of route

26:30 (20:05 for both climbers to complete the route)

Wind Tower
(via West Overhang / The Bomb)

Base of route

Summit of rock

9 minutes

 

Running Records

Distance

Race

Time

Per Mile Pace

400 meters

Track

61.5 seconds

4:06

800 meters

Track

2:23

4:46

1500 meters

Track

4:57

5:17

Mile

Track

5:25

5:25

Two Mile

IBM Watson Trophy

11:20

5:40

5K

Stanford 5K

18:58

6:08

5 Miles

Cherry Creek Sneak

31:50

6:22

10K

Longmont Sunrise Stampede

40:12

6:29

Half Marathon (13.1 miles)

Colorado Half Marathon

1:34:??

7:15

Marathon (26.2 miles)

San Antonio Marathon

3:33:19

8:09

 

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