5 Columbia pax (plus one 2.0) completed a Saturday Double Down by running the 2nd Annual Quarry Crusher Run at the Olympia Quarry.
The Thang:
3.5 mile race to the bottom of an active granite quarry and then back out again.
Moleskin:
- This was easily the coolest and hardest 5K(ish) I have ever run.
- The road to the bottom of the quarry is wide and steep, at some points a 10% grade. The downhill portion on the gravely road was fast, and the uphill portion was brutal — 1.3 miles all uphill.
- The bottom of the quarry is 399 feet below sea level, and the quarry has been active for nearly 100 years.
Dude…dude. That hurt.