Quad Dukesie 2025
The original 2017 Quad Dukesie at Novitiate Park in Los Gatos involved 4 laps where each lap started with 25 pull-ups, 25 pushups, and 25 squats, followed by a 4 mile trail run up the Flume trail to thte top of St. Joes with +840 ft of gain, where we did 25 burpees at the summit mid-lap. Each lap took about close to an hour. A finisher did not materialize until the third year. After moving to Ventura and a Covid hiatus in 2020, I thought I found the perfect arena. The pull-up bars at De Anza middle school and the trail straight up the pipeline to the ridge. Although the trail was shorter, just 2 miles round trip, it was steeper at 1,000 ft per one mile. The total time was slightly shorter at 50 minutes per lap. Closure of our pipeline trail moved the venue and the event in 2024 and no pull-ups were involved at all! Nominally, each lap involved two times up the Hill of Despair, taking 50 minutes per lap. For 2025, November 29, I believe we can go back to De Anza middle school and its lo...
