“You Goin To The Burn?”
Friday, August 28th, 2009Last night I landed in Truckee. I’m almost broke, which means that my ‘09 road trip is almost over. But, nothing is over until The Man burns.
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Archive for August, 2009
Broken Top
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Broken Top
I woke up from the involuntary nap and still felt bushed. The cooler temperatures up here at 5840 feet allowed for some real sleep for a change, something that was impossible down in Bend without A/C. I’d say that when you wake up from a nap and don’t have that post-nap tingle of refreshment, that you really buried yourself this time.
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Van Profile
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Das EuroVan is working out great. if you see me running around, come say high and let’s do a workout. Das Vanen looks like this:
The little twist about my van lifestyle is that it is slightly geared towards getting outside and doing workouts.
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AK => CA => BO
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009I set my alarm and so couldn’t sleep the night before I left Anchorage. Good thing, too, because I had to spend 2 hours looking for my passport even though I’d stuck it “in a safe place” when I moved out of my apartment.
With a wonderful early morning breakfast and last-off good bye from a close friend, I met up with my rider and headed down the highway towards the lower-48. I’d been waiting to get on the road for a really long time so the excitement was overshadowed by relief.
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Death
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009I was just lying down for a post-workout nap when I welled up reading about Chris Severy’s death in “Running with the Buffaloes.” I just got to the part where he dies in a mountain bike crash and I started thinking back over the accidents and deaths we’ve had with athletes over this summer.
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Face Crush Alyeska TT
Monday, August 10th, 2009My legs hurt. I thrashed them. I’m driving down the Alaska highway tomorrow morning. Rest will be good.
If you are a glass-half empty athlete, be a glass half full athlete. Trying is better than thinking about trying.
The time to beat for this weekend’s Alyeska Mountain Run is 29:00.00. I ran alone but felt really strong. Good luck, guys!
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War Ships In Darkness
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009It is amazing what good sleep can do for the body and soul. You know how you wake up after nine hours and there’s almost no transition from sleep to awake? You’ve been dreaming hard and wake up ready and stoked for anything.
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Mat Peak Crushathon
Monday, August 3rd, 2009The Matanuska peak Challenge is absolutely brutal. But we already knew that, didn’t we?
The Matanuska Peak Challenge is an out and back mountain race that gains 9000 feet of altitude over 14 miles. It is mostly hiking steep terrain and lasts a little over 3 hours for the fastest runners. The winners are always somewhere near forty years old.
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