I Buckled!

Rio Del Lago 100 Mile this weekend was a huge success!  I'll have plenty more notes to post once I can sit still and collect my thoughts.

Best Crew and Pacer helped get me to a 24:33 finish.


Story to be Continued...

About to embark on the adventure of my first 100 Mile foot race

Rio Del Lago 100 Mile Endurance Run

It's now official with Bib # 38... This Saturday 9/11/2010 @ 6AM I will begin my latest challenge of running a 100 mile race, not to be confused with my 24 hour race completion (of 106.1 miles).

Ridiculous and crazy and exciting and everything else you can imagine.. are the thoughts going through my head.  I wanted to write more before the event but I realize I've not yet packed and am leaving tommorow bright and early.

We also opted to rent a GPS beacon and you should be able to follow my journey live @ http://www.trackmyathlete.com/tm360.aspx?name=271671


I will say though that I fell strangely confident and can't wait to get started.  It will be grueling, difficult, emotional, exciting, rewarding, and probably one of the best things I've done athletically since finishing a Full Ironman!

Stay tuned for some hopeful race reports while I am recovering next week..

Happy Trails

Team Marathon Bar 2010

It has been some time since I actually did any kind of an update here and I owe it to myself and any random person coming in to at least give a shout out!


I’ve had a couple of ramblings infrequently, and since the last set of posts I actually have kept running and have done many more races. The official Marathon (includes Ultras also) count is now 43! When you combine those medals and such with all the smaller stuff of ½’s and my incredible wife’s new collection of medals, it makes for a very fun and decorative wall in our house.


The most recent races which I wished I would have blogged about were San Juan Capistrano 50K (where I regained my FTJ title back), American River 50 (where I lost my title again to FTJ), PCT50 (where I was not even close to getting my title back, but did lose 30 minutes to stop traffic for a rattlesnake), and of course the Western States Memorial weekend training runs (where we pulled off 3 consecutive days of running and totaled 70 miles).
So you can see the last several months have been busy and yet wonderful.


I’m going to post a couple of other quick race bits because I really hope to get decent coverage for when I am pacing Jenny at Western States 100 this year!


The other big reason for posting now finally is, wait for it… I was accepted to be part of a Sponsored Team. From here on to the end of the year I will officially be racing as a member of “Team Marathon Bar” powered by Snickers. Their motto is “Stay on Keep On” and it fits because truth be told these bars are delicious, yummmm and do help you to keep going since you are not stuck eating just gooey packets of sugar but tasty energy bars.
This is a completely new experience for me and I’m really excited to on a sponsored team. Yes, of course we wear their gear but I found the clothing they provide to be very comfortable and the designs are well done. I’m proud to show off their kit while also getting to eat a bunch of bars provided to Team Members for free.


Our BIOs for Team Marathon will be hosted on www.marathonmoments.com. Check it out! So for any of you who ride or run with me I hope you show up to our training and races because I will have a fresh supply of Marathon Bars just for the asking.


“GO” TEAM MARATHON BAR