Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:08 am
Interesting symmetry to the Iron Mtn graph.
The right side (uphill) of the graph make perfect sense to me (steeper = slower), but I’m surprised that you don’t have more scatter on the left side (downhill).
I know Iron Mtn has some steep and rugged downhill sections (maybe class 2) that require some slow and careful foot work. But there are also clean downhill sections that you can really motor down and would expect to be at least as fast as on level terrain; hence a lot more variability to the left side of the graph (downhill). Am I missing something?
Do you have a sore knee, ankle, etc. that slows you down on the descents?
The right side (uphill) of the graph make perfect sense to me (steeper = slower), but I’m surprised that you don’t have more scatter on the left side (downhill).
I know Iron Mtn has some steep and rugged downhill sections (maybe class 2) that require some slow and careful foot work. But there are also clean downhill sections that you can really motor down and would expect to be at least as fast as on level terrain; hence a lot more variability to the left side of the graph (downhill). Am I missing something?
Do you have a sore knee, ankle, etc. that slows you down on the descents?