Between meetings, prepping for meetings, and following up on meetings it has been a struggle to find energy and time to get the workouts in.
Scott Tinley’s Extreme Mountain Bike Tri is nearing a month from game time. If you haven’t signed up yet you should seriously consider it. There are a bunch of fun races for all of us (“King of the Hill”- Sprint & Extreme Mountain Bike Hill Climb On-Road Triathlons – International Distance* or Sprint Distance Off-Road Triathlons – Sprint Distance Tri-Cal Kids Triathlons) and the Tri-California crew – that brings us Wildflower is polished and able to provide a much more personal event. So I propose that those of us that won’t be at Incline Village, NV that first weekend in October meet-up in San Luis Obispo and have Tinley with the Eternal Timing System decide who is fastest.
Last year I went 2:01. A PR, being that it was my first race at that distance. This past week I have been slipping the training in and I’m mighty glad considering that I am now on for the Big Sur Half Marathon. My wife registered in the last two weeks with a bunch of her friends and has been trying to coax me into it. Tinley’s races are on October 4 and 5 and with Big Sur 1/2 on November 9 I have added another date onto my racing schedule.
Having gone to Cal Poly and spent hours driving miles across the coastal roads of the Central Coast looking for surf and camp spots I have added motivation for these races. I love being up there. Lake Lopez used by Tri-California for the race is where my Aunt windsurfs when the wind is up and where I fell back in love with triathlons last year. Big Sur has always been a place mentioned with reverence.
I started racing tri’s in junior high and had some good age group finishes throughout early high school before I burned out on it. Not sure if it was the speedo jokes from the guys I played beach volleyball with or the 30-year-old bike nerds that spent $6,000 on a bike and would fly past me age 14 after I had left them in the ocean. Either way, road tri’s weren’t for me. That has been the joy with mountain bike tri’s. A good swim, a challenging course requiring more than some training and a big budget, and a off-road run that takes everything.
Tomorrow we will be booking our hotel room in Pacific Grove for November 8 and 9 as the rooms must be almost gone. Everything I have heard pegs this as an amazing Fall race in Monterey. I am looking forward to running along Cannery Row and then staring off to sea and Monterey Bay. The 1/2 Marathon is nearing 70% capacity so don’t wait long to register.
My buddy Todd Saunders just reminded me that next weekend is the FLATWATER 200m sprints in Long Beach, CA. Joe Bark will be providing boards in the stock classes so feel free to come on down and checkout paddleboarding for the very first time.
FLATWATER 200m PaddleBoard Sprints
SEPT 7th, Long Beach Marine Stadium
DIVISIONS: Junior Lifeguard, Men, Women, and Stand Up divisions
BOARDS PROVIDED in stock classes, BYOBoards for Unlimited board divisions
$25 JG, $45 Adult
7AM check in, 8AM race start.
A few weeks ago I came across a Subaru parked in San Bernardino County with this Web site across the back: bigbearoutdooractivities.com/. Needless to say it covered the entire back window. Being a devoted Outback fan I asked the driver about the site. It’s a group of people that use the site to do outdoor activities together up in Big Bear. The site could use a more frequent update but it is a great resource to check before you head up the mountain. If it can be done in Big Bear before the snow comes – this group is on it.
Carter (pushing him in the jogger) and I will be defending our 3rd place age group title at the Rancho Santa Margarita 5k on Labor Day.
Date: September 1, 2008
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Community Center
Start time: 7:30 am Click here fore more info.
I’m curious how I’ll do living on 4 hours of sleep a night for the last week. I’ve got a few people who’s names I won’t drop here to punish through weight loss bets and this little race will get me started very nicely. Watch out suckers!
Since October of last year thousands have taken part in the XTERRA U.S. Trail Run Series and through the trials of these 50 races, spanning 15 states from coast-to-coast, some of the country’s top trail runners have emerged and are headed to Bend to race for the XTERRA Trail Running National Championship.
Having been called “America’s Best Trail Running Town” by the editors of Outside Magazine, Bend is certainly worthy of hosting the nation’s top harriers.
The main event is an off-road half-marathon (13.1 mile/21km) that starts in the historic Old Mill District. While the Series best runners have already proven their worth in rollicking races around the nation, one-and-all are welcome to take them on and race for the championship as no qualification is necessary.
This is something to consider and its for a great cause. It starts in Huntington (the place I put the hurt on Old Man Sellers last time we rode) and ends in San Diego.
Formerly called the MS 150 or MS Bike Tour, the Bike MS event is a charity bike tour benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society that offers three different route options:
- NEW IN 2008! a one-day 30-mile route starting and finishing in Carlsbad,
- or a two-day 100- or 150-mile route starting in Irvine, Ca. (Orange County) and finishing in San Diego, Ca. with an overnight stay and festival in Carlsbad.
Registration is limited and has sold out the last four years! You can bike to finish MS by registering today!
The guys over at Bonk Breaker make the best energy bar on the planet. These little bars have saved me countless times on the trial and work perfect as a pre-ride/run snack. I’m not kidding, I’ve never met anyone that doesn’t call it their favorite bar.
Recently they released a brand new website with the ability to buy the bars directly from them.
