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Bay to Breakers 2018

05/20/2018

Bay to breakers is always a blast. Same purple tutu costume, but started closer to the front of the coral. After a tough Wildflower performance lacking food/hydration, B2B was going to be a breeze minus the lingering lactic acid. I went in just hoping for a sub-7 performance and came out with a PR by 45 seconds getting close the 50 minute mark at 50:15! Pacing was a good steady start, 7:03 on the hill, and negative split all the way through the park just running out of gas at the end as two guys passed me. We’ll see if I manage to change up the costume for next year.

PS - Also did a swim time trial at 15:36 for 1k and then a 1:20 100 follow up - a good week for racing

Wildflower Olympic

05/06/2018

Starting the day I was low on fuel after having food poisoning the day before. Crammed a bagel, a shot blok, and a few bottles of water and we were off. Swim went well minus goggles getting filled with water at the beginning of race (don’t take them off after warm up!) Then the bike was a really tough start but things picked up. Struggled with low gears - gotta get that checked out, but flew (36 mph for the last 1k) on the down hills. The aero bike is a miricle at speed. The run was the most solid minus almost cramping in the middle, but still pulled out sub 7:30 splits. Definitely not an A race but super fun and look forward to next time!

Kaiser Half Marathon - SF

02/04/2018

Switching tact for the blog and going from mountain write ups to race write ups. Lots more to come. Kaiser was the first race of 2018 and it was a blast. We raced across golden gate park with baby in tow and took second place in the stroller division (if only it existed) and were 5 minutes off my half marathon PR. Lori and I didn’t even push it as it was a training race for her Boston Marathon later this year.... well didn’t push it till the end of course. Which means only faster next year!

Split Mountain

08/11/2012

The trail starts with a great 4WD road that is passable with a Subaru, but our Chevy Blazer did just fine. We took the standard route, but skipped the scree in both bowls by hanging right to climb the boulder fields instead. On the scale of Mt. Langley, the trip gets you deep into the sierra without the exposure seen on other trips. The mountain is one of the most beautiful I have seen with a mix of granite and sandstone making beautiful streaks of color across the face.

Long's Peak, CO

07/07/2012

Fourteener #1 of 2012. While the weekend was filled with rain storms, we managed a summit early on Sunday. A fantastic little class 3 trail that will make you grit your teeth with the exposure, but is a total blast. A great way to prep myself for the wedding the next weekend

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