About Me
- Pete Littlehat
- I am a full-blooded Navajo that enjoys long-distance running, often involving distances lasting more that 4 hours. I am true believer that mental balance and harmony can be achieved and maintained simply by running. My life-long goal is to maintain a healthy lifestyle through being physically active and continually to challenge myself to learn more about the Navajo Culture through the Navajo language, story telling, and philosophies. My favorite activity is trail running around Colorado, especially on the Colorado Trail and trails around Leadville. My objective is not really to improve times, but to just enjoy the scenery and serenity of the mountains.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Running the Grand Canyon
Three of my friends and I were out in Grand Canyon two weeks ago to run the rim to rim to rim. For us, this run entails running down the South Kaibab Trail to the river, then onto the Bright Angel Trail to the top of the north rim, then back track to the start. Its about 42 miles and over 20,000 feet in elevation change. This is one of my favorite runs so I make the effort to run this annually. This year was the first time attempting it with sandals. I'm not sure if I was not fit enough to run in sandals or not fit in general, I didn't run the entire length this year. Aside from that, the experience of being at the bottom of the canyon with awesome weather convinced me that I still made the right choice to go in. We are planning on running it again in late April to early May in sandals.
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My God, that's amazing! I once walked down one trail then up the other in one day - where my wife picked me up and took me home. I was plenty tired - and I was running ~ 35 miles/week at the time. (A long time ago.) I wore light boots. You wear sandals? I notice you haven't posted anything since 2010. I hope you're still running.
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