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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…
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The weekend was not great training-wise. I hadn't ran since Tuesday in Hawaii, and I wanted to get out there. However, Friday I ended up going out and seeing a movie and with karate in the morning and working the rest of the day, I ran out of time. Saturday I felt lousy — I…
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I'm back… it was an awesome weekend break from every day life. 5 days of running, reading, playing in the water (no real swimming), sleeping, and just doing whatever we wanted. Friday started off great — I love 4am Runs with Bums(TM). Down Venice beach and part of the Marina Del Rey bike path with…
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I really want to get faster on the bike… and more comfortable. So I need to put the miles in, and do some speed work. I'm always so tempted to run instead… but I like the brick feeling so I rode yesterday knowing I was going to run after. I only put in about 10…
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It was an awesome weekend, and great things lie ahead! Friday morning was swimming and karate, and in the afternoon roller blading and swimming/hot tubbing with my roommate and 2 other friends. I felt like a little kid again, and just played in the water 🙂 Saturday I did karate and went for a long…
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Just went for a quick run as it's been a busy week. Got in 30 min and about 3.3 miles. Felt good to get out there, and happily the knee that I feel on felt just fine. So the tendons are probably all good 🙂 I went easy the first mile, 5-10k race pace the…