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… but still broken. Left wrist is fractured, right wrist is sprained, left wrist is sprained. Stitches are gone, most of the headaches are gone. I've been running 'cause sometimes I just need to get out of the house. My dayglow orange cast helps keep me easy to see, but I miss having opposable thumbs.…
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Great bike ride this weekend… at least what I remember of it… Club ride for Summer Solstice: 122 mile loop from Newport Beach to Carlsbad and back. I also rode to the start from home (another 10 miles). However, my club ride ended at about mile 50 in Oceanside. I remember riding through Camp Pendleton,…
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So after the amount of fun I had in the adventure race, I've seriously been looking for a mountain bike (I had been sorta looking at getting one since around Christmas). I tried out one (a Cannondale SuperV500) but didn't really like how it felt. It just seemed kinda like more of my energy went…
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… is freakin' awesome! Woke up easily and don't feel like the walking dead, so it looks like I'm back to a decent amount of sleep. Got to swim practice, and the water was helping me cheat! I'm not sure how. But it felt awesome. One of the sets we did was 12 100s where…
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Big Blue 24 Santa Monica Mountains Race Report The short version: It rocked for 25:15 hours, for a finish of 25:45. The long version (yes, very long): I come from a running, then a tri background. Erich works at REI and comes from a running and climbing and hiking background. I met him at the…
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I’m outta here… time to see how I like adventure racing. Tomorrow is check in and certifications, and then Saturday at 10am we go. It will be odd to me since I’m now used to early morning starts, but new and different is a major part of their appeal. I will be done sometime Sunday…
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Got my first pair of trail runners… damn they are hott! (Brooks Cascadia) They also feel great… ran to and from karate last night. They feel fine on roads, but when I hit a dirt loop just to test ’em out… oooooh! It was damn good! They just grip… I felt like I was flying.…
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Last Minute Wonder Kids Given that both of us are a bit younger than people we meet at the races, and how we are still figuring out what bikes we’ll be riding and the race is this weekend, it seems appropriate 😉 And the story of how we found it: Erich mentions “Oh! I have…
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So I’m doing an adventure race this weekend, and need a team name… It’s a team of 2. He works at REI, I work at ESRI (a mapping company). I’d like something that could be used in more adventure races this season (same team) and so not necessarily specific to that course… here are ideas…
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Sometimes things I do make sense to me, and not to other people. Not so this time… even *I* think the next 2 weekends are a crazy idea. So… tomorrow morning I’m meeting up with some REI people I know, and we are off to Morro Bay for an ocean kayaking/hiking/running/camping/adventure race training trip. Next…