{"id":2466,"date":"2019-08-21T23:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T05:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:05:47","slug":"first-sub-400-timpanogos-ouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=2466","title":{"rendered":"First sub-4:00 Timpanogos, Ouch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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First Timp of the season – August 21 – and still some stretches of snow to cross on the way up to the main saddle. I was feeling good today and decided to try to push for a sub-4:00 roundtrip. I sprinted the first 1\/4 mile after getting spooked by a moose. There were others on the trail that other hikers saw but I didn’t see any others. I did see a fox up in the meadow basin! That was a first. I had the summit all to myself. It was beautiful. I looked at my watch and saw that a sub-4:00 might be possible if I really bombed. I shouldn’t have sat at the summit for so long because it required a painful pace. It wasn’t the most pleasant descent. A dead sprint for the last 1\/2 mile down. BUT – I came in just under the wire. A moving time of 3:59:52! <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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