Running To The Top Of Pikes Peak From My House (The Guy Who Started Running 3 Years Ago)

I am going to run to the top of that mountain, but not from the base, not from Garden of the Gods, not even from the middle of the city, but from my apartment on the far side of the city. [Music] Keep cruising. [Music] Do you get the whatifs? You know the little voice that gnaws in your brain and plagues you? Every day I go for a run, I get to look up at Pikees Peak. You see, when I was training to do my first half marathon, there was a day I was doing a 8mm run. Now, this was the furthest run I had done yet. And I remember at mile seven feeling decent. And I thought, could I just continue on for the half marathon today? And every new distance I've trained for, I have that thought. And every day that I run and see Pike's Peak, I wonder, what if I just started running towards the mountain? Could I run to the very top from home? Am I capable? I've thought of this what if for the past three years. And today we're going to try to make this what if a reality. I will run all the way through Colorado Springs on sidewalks. Then we'll arrive at Garden of the Gods. I will run through the park until we arrive at Manitou Springs. And after conquering Manitou, we'll stumble to the famous trail head of Bar Trail. This will be the 20-mi mark. Then the climb begins. The mountain is unforgiving and it goes from 6,500 ft in elevation to 14,100 ft with an average of 11 to 12% grade. The mountain is no joke and every day it takes people to their limits. Many wish they never hiked it and sadly others never made it off the mountain. So I'll see you first thing tomorrow morning. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Nice thing about this time of Okay. Is the world yours? The roads, everything. I'm a bad boy today. I brought coffee and a and a running bladder. But do you know what? We're going to have a good day. Today is going to be a really fun day. Let's get it. Now we kind of come into the city. Let's get the sucker onto the tunnels. Huh? [Music] Do this to me. But you start to play later this day. And I promise myself it will never. But getting an early head start for the mountains can definitely help you avoid bad weather. Give yourself a little margin for whatever surprises we encounter. [Music] [Music] We clicked off 5 miles. Sunrises in 1 hour. I'd love to get to Garden of the Gods early enough that we get some of that morning sunlight on the rocks. That's always beautiful. If they were open, I'd go pick up some gels or some sort of nutrition. But gas stations will have to do today. What do you mean, Kramer? You're not prepared. I brought two RX bars, but we'll use a couple gas stations as aid stations. Pick up food today and some more electrolytes. I go slow enough that real food's not hard for me. And frankly, I'm tired of gels a little bit. enough running nutrition just gets dull. I mean, I'd rather have a burrito with gut issues. I hope I'm not predicting the future because I really want a burrito today. Needed some breakfast. The one time you don't actually care to wait at a stoplight. Breakfast is down the hatch. This is the entry to Santa Fe Trail. busted. We're going to the top of that sucker. [Music] Okay, say it with me. Goodbye disgusting river. [Music] All right, the sun's up. I can see Pikes Peak now. Keep rolling. [Music] Just wanted some more liquids before the next 7m stretch. And I wanted some more caffeine. All right, that'll feel good in about 10 minutes. Hey guys, it's me in the car wash. [Music] This is where it gets cool. So, we're hitting Dakota Trail. Going to come to the back side of Garden of the Gods. So, we get like a little mini trail here. And then in five or six miles, we'll hit the real trail head. In the meantime, let's enjoy this. Get away from some car noises and get some birds, baby. That's what we need. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Morning. [Music] and enjoying the downhill before we got a lot of up. So, you eat when you walk hills and then you run down. It's easier to digest when you're walking, even if it's a hill. It's getting toasty, so I don't want to get sunburnt. All right, quick stop at the dinosaur and then up the mountain. This is my last stop in town. [Music] [Applause] [Music] I was like, we're only going up the back side of bar and then we're jumping off and headed to camp bar camp. So, it's not going to be too bad. No, it's all about pace, huh? That's right. Have a good one, guys. Have a good one. Now the fun begins. There's about three miles I'll run and then the rest is just power hiking. So there'll be a lot of people the first three miles because the adjacent trail is the incline which is one mile straight up the mountain. Definitely a famous trail. Huge attraction. They come back down on bar trail. So everybody who did that I'll see here for the first three miles. Then after the first three, there'll just be a couple of us. Okay, so I just received one of the best compliments I've ever gotten in my entire life. I was just kind of jogging up like this, ran past this lady. She says, "You must not be from Texas cuz you look way too good." And that was mile one to the trail. So she has no idea, but that made my day. Good work. Thank you. It's busy and it's hot, but it's nice. [Applause] Hit one of these nice stretches where it's less inclined. Well, 5%. But when you're doing 11, 15, five feels downhill. [Applause] [Music] Okay, that's a split. So, probably a 90% reduction in human beings. 22 and 1/2 miles cruising along. It's got that dead midm morning. Everything's still no wind. It's rained recently and that's like evaporating. So, it's humid in here, which Colorado is normally not humid, but feels humid. Like, I just won some wind. Sure. Here in an hour or two, it'll pick up. Keep cruising. [Music] [Music] My favorite. Oh, mouth water. There was snow just a couple days ago, so it's nice and cold. Amazing. [Applause] Okay, here's a good look at the top. So, I can actually see the train now. [Applause] Getting some really good glimpse at the top through the trees. We've got 7 miles left. We're coming up on bar camp. I'm going to stop since I haven't really sat down yet. and filter some water as well as eat a snack. And I'm on your left here. Oh, sorry. Oh, you guys are good. Have a good time. Thank you. Absolutely. One of my favorite spots because it levels out about 4 miles and you can run a lot of this for the next mile and a half. [Music] [Music] How's it going? Okay. All right, leaving bar camp. We got six more to go. So that's effectively like kind of halfway from the trail head to the top of the mountain. I believe that's the last water. So, I came up a bit. Got one and a half liters in the back and then 350 milliliters up front. That was really refreshing. Don't get me wrong, the last 6 milesi are not easy cuz we're going to be above 10,000 ft in altitude. Air gets thin. End of our adventure and it's steep and half of it's above tree line. So, if we can clock off some 20-minute miles, that'll be real good. Let's enjoy the push to the summit. [Music] [Applause] Good news and bad news. Good news is 3 miles to the top, making good progress. Bad news, my legs are starting to get tired. But I think this is exactly what I want. A nice hourong power hike on tired legs. We're getting up to the exposed area now. So, I'll probably put my jacket on cuz it'll be more windy and because the sun's brutal up here. I'd rather be slightly hot than get a bad sunburn cuz it's cool enough. Don't feel the burn until you're back home and it's way worse than you expected. You know what? Let's go a little cooler out of that. We'll blind you. [Music] [Music] I want you. [Music] Oh. [Music] Oh. [Applause] [Music] Oh. Oh, [Music] heat. Go check that out. That's 30 miles. [Music] We did it. As far as finishing ultras go, this hell, it's got to be one of the tougher last half marathons. Hey guys, thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video. 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I'd rather make content that's just enjoyable and then at the end of the video let you know what we have. And then if it's a good decision for you guys, you can go check it out. 55mm.com. That's the best place to find us for the best prices. If you want more videos like this, let us know in the comments. Uh, I won't check those, but Cali loves checking those and communicating with you guys. Definitely cranking out some more videos. And with that, we are rooting for you. Can't wait to see you guys soon. Have a great time on the trails. I am well [Music] [Music] cruising. Yeah. You guys are good. Have a good time. Yeah. Look, I'm in line with the stars. I'm a sink with the earth. 10 toes deep. Flower child from the turf. I never switch sides. Like even when I die, I'm a ride for the squad. Lot of ties in the hearse. I've been on a vibe kind of hard to describe. I'm in between. I'm good and it's fine, but I'm tired of the grind. Then I come alive in the night to realize I'm in the middle with the time of my life. I'm never so packed for the stack. Never lied on the back. Got a bag from the way that I ride it. Queen look that I survived doing 80 to the house then I hit it to the sky on a ty be still let f we all the same we all want a meal in the safe I want to live for my lips feel big from the take a sip till I pass out trying to get it don't make sense [Music] not that good actually. Oh man, come on. You're telling me I ran 9 hours with that?