Airplane Lake 2015

I have wrote about Airplane Lake before in this blog and have gone numerous times throughout the years but it always leaves me wanting more. Something about this lake that keeps drawing me back to it even after I just get skunked and cant catch and see a single thing. And this year has been one of those years that the lake won more battles then I could manage to win. This year alone I went to Airplane Lake four times, thats more then some people would go in their lifetime but I was determined to catch a big golden trout and I did just that.

The first trip was in mid June and on the hike up to the lake I could see that there was just way too much snow for the lake to be open and sure enough it was completely frozen. Two weeks later I tried again and this time there was less snow but still too much to even really fish as much as I wanted. Luckily we were seeing a few trout cruising the edges of the lake and I was able to hook into one of the biggest golden trout that I have ever caught.

Mid June

Two Weeks Later

The next few trips were complete failures, I went once in July and once again in the fall but still no trout and no sighting of trout. I think this next year I will try to plan a overnighter up there and really try and get a state record golden.

River of No Return 50K: June 21st, 2015

Another year doing the RONR 50K, last year was the first year of the race and I wanted to do the race every year that they held it so this year I signed up again. I've noticed that signing up for doing ultra marathons keeps me motivated to stay fit and to continue to go out and run in the winter season. I feel like this year for the race I was better prepared and had the advantage of knowing what to expect since I ran it last year.

The race went really well and I seemed to pace myself much better then last year. I actually surprised myself and was running up some of the hills as well as finished really strong at the end which I seem to not do so well at many races but nonetheless I finished in a time of 6 hours and 16 minutes which is 35 minutes faster then last year. I also placed 50 overall. Another RONR and another ultra is in the books.

My watched died just before I finished the race