This summer I ran the Cirque Series race at Alyeska. It was a tough ascent from sea level 3200 feet directly up the mountain, hand scrambling across some rock faces while holding onto ropes to prevent a fall, all before running the snow and boulder covered ridgeline and descending down back to the start.It was the hardest event I've yet signed up for, much shorter than a half marathon at only 6.1 miles or so, but with changing weather from the base to the top, the opportunity to slip and fall off a rock face, and a technical descent down rain soaked paths and drops through the trees, it challenged me more than jogging 13.1 miles ever has.
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This summer I ran the Cirque Series race at Alyeska. It was a tough ascent from sea level 3200 feet directly up the mountain, hand scrambling across some rock faces while holding onto ropes to prevent a fall, all before running the snow and boulder covered ridgeline and descending down back to the start.It was the hardest event I've yet signed up for, much shorter than a half marathon at only 6.1 miles or so, but with changing weather from the base to the top, the opportunity to slip and fall off a rock face, and a technical descent down rain soaked paths and drops through the trees, it challenged me more than jogging 13.1 miles ever has.