Basically as the course director/manager I'm responsible for everything from the inception of the specific race course until its completion. Starting with assisting in course design, pre-race flagging, implementing a race day safety strategy, dispersing of volunteers, setting up aid stations, managing volunteers while runners are on course, addressing any on the fly emergencies, and then packing up and making it appear as though you were never there to begin with. It's a behind the scenes job and I truly loved every second of it.
Obviously unforeseen was that I would end up directing all but one of these six races while on crutches, or in a colossal sized walking boot. All in all though I'd consider this to be a highly successful first season from a course directing standpoint, and I learned something new at each and every turn along the way. Being thrown onto the mic as race day MC for the Whistler version of our 5 Peaks race was the most daunting and hence one of the most rewarding experiences of my summer.
Between these six races I saw over 2500 runners and adventure racers (obviously not 2500 individuals as most raced multiple times) and we had ONE person take a wrong turn for the entire season. We're still not quite sure how that person made the wrong turn, but either way, I liked our save percentage (to steal a hockey term). Having raced for several years now myself, there's nothing I hate more than getting lost while on a flagged course (and I'm exceptionally good at this) so it's at the very top of my list of things not to f-up, though 5 Peaks have certainly been leaders in this realm since their inception.
I'm really looking forward to being back on board with all races again in 2012...unless of course they're secretly looking for my replacement as I speak?
It was a pleasure to be a very small piece in the very large puzzle towards ensuring race day success, and I'll truly miss the monthly meeting of familiar and smiling faces. Our trail running community is as strong as any I've come across and we should be exceptionally proud of this.
Of course our access to beautiful locations certainly doesn't hurt, and as an example, here's how the season finale looked at Buntzen Lake yesterday morning. Thanks to all who frequented these races this year and I look forward to seeing you again in 2012.
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| First wave start of Sport and Enduro courses |
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| Ghost kids 1k race |
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| Original unaltered shot from top of posting. All pics were taken on an iPhone 4 |
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| Flooded beach due to an upper lake dam being spilled |
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| Flooded beach made for spectacular shots |
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| Trimmed and flipped. Otherwise unaltered. Water reflection on top |
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| Trimmed and turned. Reflection on left. Otherwise unaltered. |
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| Trimmed, flipped, and brightened with a filter |
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| Trimmed, turned, and brightened with a filter, plus an added border |
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| And finally, never, EVER leave your car keys unattended |
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One week out and things seem to be moving along quite nicely. No pain in my foot which is a great sign, and the walking with a proper aircast, calf cut boot, has been a breeze.
My recent exchange with my Dr. and yet another reason why we've worked so well together...
Me to him:
Alright, quick quiz. Scales of 1-5 with 1 being "don't even think about it" and 5 being "you shoulda done it yesterday"
Biking on Trainer:
Road Biking:
Elyptical Trainer:
Water running:
Swimming with full kicking:
Gym workouts:
Kick Boxing:
Sky Diving:
Biking on Trainer:
Road Biking:
Elyptical Trainer:
Water running:
Swimming with full kicking:
Gym workouts:
Kick Boxing:
Sky Diving:
Dr. Boyer to me:
OK to do if pain free:
Gym (just no heavy pushing with feet)
Biking on trainer (in a shoe is probably OK)
Water running and full swimming
More cautious:
Road biking (until you can control a bike pain free as cars tend to be big and dangerous)
Elliptical (again, give it a week or so and try in a shoe)
Kick boxing - seriously?
Sky Diving - Um, no
So there you have it. Apparently my skydiving career is on hold, which might prevent me from attaining my big break, as I surely would have auditioned for the role of Johnny Utah in the unfortunate remake of the truly classic Point Break. Other than that though, I’d have to say it’s been a great first week back on my feet.
And Roxy thinks so too.
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In a nutshell. I'm getting there, if ever so slightly.
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The good news. I've been cleared to ditch the crutches and start walking with the assistance of an aircast style walking boot. Looks like I'm still 4-6 weeks away from getting back to my feet proper. Baby steps.
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Well now that the biggest ultra of 2011 has come and gone, that being the UTMB in France just under two weeks ago, I can finally consider my season of dreaming of running to have come to a close.
Typically in past years I've taken extended downtime in the fall anyways, and as such, even though completely sidelined, there feels like a sudden closure on the year of running that never was. I know that there are still a lot of big ultras to round out the year, but going into 2011 it was all about UTMB for me. Even though I've known conclusively since early June that it would not happen, I never quite let go of the dream of attending the race until it actually began on August 26th.
In the end simply finishing would have meant finishing ahead of most of the top names in North American ultra running. Each runner with their own story and day of race issues, it certainly made for a very dramatic race to follow via online updates. I have no doubt that given this years outcome most, if not all, will be looking to attend again in 2012. I am no different of course and hopefully the lottery gods will smile down upon most of us again come December-January. It would be an honor to stand among a class of runners even half as deep as this year's race attracted.
Once it was all said and done the indefatigable Kilian Jornet laid sole claim to the top ultra runner in the world bragging rights, after what can only be described as an unbelievable season. Lizzie Hawker took the women's race, with two American's finishing in the top six. Those being Darcy Africa in third and Helen Cospolich in sixth.
Canada's Adam Campbell proudly flew the Red and White after an incredible 2nd place finish in the 100k'ish version of the race known as CCC. Massive congrats to him on what turned out to be damn near twice as long as he'd ever run before!
As for me I have my next x-ray in six short days time. Assuming all has gone according to plan in the last five weeks (of course nothing has to date) than I might just find myself finally off of these damn sticks. After 7.5 months on these things, dare I say I might not even know what to do with myself.
IF I am set free, I am most certainly looking forward to a fall season of walking, hiking, and road biking, while holding off on the running temptations until at least Jan of next year.
I know I've been on these things just a wee bit too long when while catching the final Harry Potter flick with my girlfriend this past weekend, I found myself wondering when Harry had gotten off his crutches...yeah, seriously.
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| Via Adam Campbell |
In the end simply finishing would have meant finishing ahead of most of the top names in North American ultra running. Each runner with their own story and day of race issues, it certainly made for a very dramatic race to follow via online updates. I have no doubt that given this years outcome most, if not all, will be looking to attend again in 2012. I am no different of course and hopefully the lottery gods will smile down upon most of us again come December-January. It would be an honor to stand among a class of runners even half as deep as this year's race attracted.
Once it was all said and done the indefatigable Kilian Jornet laid sole claim to the top ultra runner in the world bragging rights, after what can only be described as an unbelievable season. Lizzie Hawker took the women's race, with two American's finishing in the top six. Those being Darcy Africa in third and Helen Cospolich in sixth.
Canada's Adam Campbell proudly flew the Red and White after an incredible 2nd place finish in the 100k'ish version of the race known as CCC. Massive congrats to him on what turned out to be damn near twice as long as he'd ever run before!
As for me I have my next x-ray in six short days time. Assuming all has gone according to plan in the last five weeks (of course nothing has to date) than I might just find myself finally off of these damn sticks. After 7.5 months on these things, dare I say I might not even know what to do with myself.
IF I am set free, I am most certainly looking forward to a fall season of walking, hiking, and road biking, while holding off on the running temptations until at least Jan of next year.
I know I've been on these things just a wee bit too long when while catching the final Harry Potter flick with my girlfriend this past weekend, I found myself wondering when Harry had gotten off his crutches...yeah, seriously.
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A couple of big races took place this past weekend and as always there were many story lines that emerged. A couple that stood out to me
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Ryan Sandes's 100 Mile Debut
South African Ryan Sandes won the Leadville 100 miler with the 3rd fastest time in the race's 28 year history. Yeah, that little race in Colorado that attracts one of the largest fields of any North American 100 miler. The race with a low point of 9,600 feet, and a high point of 12,620 while cresting Hope Pass...twice. That little race where the two fastest times ahead of this 100 mile rookie's performance are Matt "The Lung" Carpenter and Anton "My Bones Heal Faster Than Yours" Krupicka.
It's not like Sandes is inexperienced by any stretch of the imagination though, as he's the only person to ever sweep the Racing The Planet stage racing series. That does little to diminish the shocking caliber of his 100 mile debut however. And, if you happen to be keeping tabs, yes that another Salomon victory this year, and yes that's the 4th major US race to be won by an 'out of towner' since December.
NF 50 Champs - Heras
WS 100 - Jornet
Hardrock - Chorier
Leadville - Sandes
Can a U.S. runner finally snag victory at the most competitive race of the year, starting in France on Friday evening? (and yes my heart bleeds just a little bit every time I think about missing out on that starting line)
Dave Mackey Back Atop UROY 2011 Voting?
Dave Mackey got back to form again on the weekend by breaking yet another course record. This time at the Waldo 100k in Oregon. This one is summed up nicely right on their homepage: It is not a beginner-level ultra and participation in the race should not be taken lightly.
Dave shaved just over four minutes off of Erik Skagg's 2009 effort, in which you may recall he ran himself straight into the hospital, which thankfully he eventually fully recovered from.
After Mackey finished 8th at Western States he seemed to fall out of favor with the UROY chatter, even though his 8th place finish was a pretty damn solid 16h36m effort.
It will be interested to see what the voters think come year’s end, though there is still a lot of racing to go. I'm curious if we'll see similar to past years, where there seems to be a weighted voting process associated with the distance of the runs upon one's resume. Though it's pretty hard to argue the stats:
-1st CR Bandera 100k
-1st Amercan River 50m
-1st Miwok 100k
-8th Western States 100m
-1st CR Waldo 100k
Canadian Back In The Mix
Canadian runner Chris Downie broke onto the scene a few years back with some impressive results, before seeming to disappear for about a year. Well it appears the BC native is back with a vengeance as he pulled off a very impressive 4th place finish at the above mentioned Waldo 100k on the weekend. Downie finished just ahead of Oregon's own Yassine Diboun, who is a highly regarded ultra runner, and all around great guy period.
I believe Chris's next race will be another Oregon gem, the Pine to Palm 100 miler in mid September, and I'll say right now that I'm picking him for a podium finish. Chris has shown nothing but success over longer distance runs while winning his first 100mile and 146km races.
Thoughts?
So whatdaya think? Is Ryan Sandes poised to become the next great 100 mile runner? Is Dave Mackey your pick for UROY through 2/3 of the year? Have you ever raced against Chris Downie and come away shocked that a man who looks like a football player can be so damn fast?
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I managed to get my first speeding ticket in over seven years a week back, and in a 30 year old Subaru held together with duct tape and spit I might add. I was initially upset over it but before I arrived home, just ten minutes later, I found myself swelling with pride as I'm quite confident that it's the first speeding ticket my 81 Subaru GLF has ever earned, given that I purchased her from an elderly family, as a second owner, and with but 80,000miles on the odo.
Tommy Tiernan's take on his speeding ticket:
and if you have a few more minutes on your hands I promise you won't regret watching his take on the all drug Olympics as well:
And as a last second addition here. Mr. Anderson Cooper has a pretty funny giggling breakdown last night. They have disabled embedding so you'll have to click here to watch the 69second video.
Enjoy your weekend!
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Tommy Tiernan's take on his speeding ticket:
and if you have a few more minutes on your hands I promise you won't regret watching his take on the all drug Olympics as well:
And as a last second addition here. Mr. Anderson Cooper has a pretty funny giggling breakdown last night. They have disabled embedding so you'll have to click here to watch the 69second video.
Enjoy your weekend!
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| August 2nd, 2011 |
I headed into this thing last week (it's taken me a bit to catch up on here) knowing I was going to hear one of two things:
1) Your foot is finally healing properly and you should be off crutches within six weeks
OR
2) Your foot is not healing properly and you'll need surgery and be on crutches until December
In all honesty I had built up my defenses for the latter and was prepared for the worst. So much so that when I glanced at the initial x-ray myself I thought for sure I was headed to surgery, "Book me in Doc". As he looked at it properly though he was able to distinguish distinct healing lines upon the bone structure that suggest that I should be on the home stretch for this thing right now, which was obviously a massive relief.
I've said this continually to those close to me but recently noticed my rather large oversight in not posting it on my own blog: I'm fully aware of the fact that no matter what the circumstances of the last twelve months of my life have been, this will always boil down to 'just a broken foot'. It will eventually heal, I will eventually run again. If this is the worst thing that I have to tackle in the coming years than I'm an even more fortunate soul than I already feel that I am, simply through being born into a prosperous and free nation. I spent a full calendar year cycle touring impoverished and post war-torn countries, and though that was eight years back in my life, you never quite look at the world the same again. I don't say it with every blog posting as I've never felt the need to, but, it's never been lost on me for even a moment that I've been born with a silver spoon in my mouth simply based upon where I was geographically conceived (nice work Ma and Pa).
Running is not not life and death, no matter how we slice and dice it, it will always just be running. We can live, quite happily, without it. In the meantime though, I fully intend to appreciate every additional running step I'm granted upon my newly fused bone, starting early in the new year.
I can start back on my bike in six weeks though, which basically means my Christmas present, is arriving early...
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I'm not gonna sit here and pretend I know a damn thing about slacklining cause that'd be the equivalent of me trying to teach you the fundamentals of Sepak Takraw (apparently you can kick each other in the nuts if you can jump high enough) However, this past weekend in Salt Lake City I was forced to do a double take as out of the corner of my eye I caught sight of trampoline style flying moves, that were being performed on a ONE INCH wide piece of nylon. Without question I sat my rump down and took it all in.
As it turned out I was watching the finals of the highest cash purse competition to date in the slacklining world, $2500 awarded over top three at the 1st Annual Gibbon Games. Two of the competitors I caught on film were an 80lb fourteen year old, and the 2010 World Champion. As you can see it was pretty crazy stuff, and any sport that features an "Atomic Butt-bounce" is pretty alright in my books.
From an outsiders perspective looking in, the first I'd ever really heard of slacklining was also in Utah, before the 2006 Primal Quest expedition race. Given that we were about to embark upon a 700km - 9 day (for us) race I didn't dare step up and try it out, and given my recent successes at cracking bones I'd say I made the right choice. A few of our friends did however give it a shot and the one thing burned into my memory was hearing this guy in the cowboy hat describe how it had taken him weeks of relentless efforts to figure out the basics, yet now (then) people were putting together the basics in under a day. Five years later almost to the month and I wonder if anyone could have envisioned the sport progressing this fast, this far, or more importantly in this specific direction? Pretty cool to see but now the question beckons, what's going to happen when the slacklining world begins to see cross over from the gymnastics world vs the now dominant climbing scene, AND is there any possible way that this sport is yet ready for spandex??
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| (Slacklining finding its roots in 2006) |
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The Sexy Scooter Song
Gotta thank Chris Downie for the forward on this one. Highlight sexy dance moves happen just over one minute in. I'm sorry...but not really,
I'm always on the hunt for funny vids to post. If you have something you think would work in here please drop me an email at robbins.runner@gmail.com and I'll be sure to properly thank you if it makes the cut.
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Gotta thank Chris Downie for the forward on this one. Highlight sexy dance moves happen just over one minute in. I'm sorry...but not really,
I'm always on the hunt for funny vids to post. If you have something you think would work in here please drop me an email at robbins.runner@gmail.com and I'll be sure to properly thank you if it makes the cut.
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I had been told that the White River 50 miler was one of the absolute must attend races of the year here in the Pacific North West, ranking right up there with James Varner's Orcas Island 50k in Feb. In the end it certainly did not disappoint as I got to catch up on a lot of old friendships, and forge some new ones as well.
My scooter purchase has continually proven to be the best $500 I've spent in recent memory and I had a bit of fun chasing some of the runners around the course. Here's a short vid that I set to FFD, which I personally think makes it a bit of fun to watch. Congrats to everyone who participated, and hats off to the organizers for what appeared to be a flawlessly organized event.
Funny Fridays will be posted on Sunday afternoon:Also, there won't be a Funny Fridays this week, I know, I know, huge sigh by seven people right. Personally I'm flying down to my first ever Outdoor Retailer in Utah and nothing has readily found me this week that's worth posting. Have a great weekend playing in the sunshine!
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My scooter purchase has continually proven to be the best $500 I've spent in recent memory and I had a bit of fun chasing some of the runners around the course. Here's a short vid that I set to FFD, which I personally think makes it a bit of fun to watch. Congrats to everyone who participated, and hats off to the organizers for what appeared to be a flawlessly organized event.
Funny Fridays will be posted on Sunday afternoon:
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As of July 1st I have a new distribution company called Pure Life Pursuits Distribution (the website is pretty basic right now but it does all I need it to for the time being) and as of August 1st PLP is the official Canadian national distributor for the exciting new line up from Bryce Thatcher and the people at Elite Creators, called UltrAspire.
If you haven't heard of Bryce Thatcher specifically, here's all you need to know. He started this whole hydration pack thing way back when with the birth of the Ultimate Direction lineup. He followed that up by taking over the pack designs at Nathan and growing that company by 1000% in seven years...yeah that's the right number of zeros. Basically any innovations that have come into the hydration world over the last decade are more than likely directly attributed to Bryce's ingenious ways. Now he's producing his most progressive and refined lineup to date, under his own brand called UltrAspire.
UltrAspire already have some big ultra running names associated with the brand, such as Krissy Moehl, Karl Meltzer, Joe Grant, Duncan Callahan, and Matt Hart. Input from athletes such as these, combined with Bryce's own mountain speed record running history, ensure that each and every design is thoroughly thought out, impeccably tested, and tweaked to perfection before it makes it to market.
I was excited by the premise of this brand in March. Got further stoked when I saw the first version of the samples back in May, and nearly lost my shit when the final samples made their way to me just a few short weeks ago. Bar none, this stuff is honestly the best I've seen from any brand to date, and I'm exceptionally excited to be working with such an incredible group of people.
The first few packs will be available this fall with the majority of the line up available before years end. The official market launch will happen this weekend at the OR in Utah. If you happen to be there, be sure to swing by and check it all out. Fellow Canadians can expect to see this in stores by late fall and I'll be sure to update our Twitter feed along the way with any new developments.
To sum up how I feel about all this in two simple words: WOOO HOOO!!
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NO, not me. NO freakin way man, but I did get to crew for a friend of mine who just completed the 9km Bay Challenge swim route from Sandy Cove to Kits Beach in Vancouver, on July 24th.
The Bay Challenge is a race that originated in 1931 to celebrate the opening of the outdoor 50meter Kits Pool and they had 33 swimmers that year. I'd never even heard of it until Wade Repta mentioned it a few years back. When he put out the all call for a crew I jumped all over it (insert single legged jokes here) and recruited my girlfriend and a good buddy along for the boat ride.
In the end we had a rare sunny day and perfect temps to enjoy being out on the water all morning. Pics attached and massive congrats to Wader for completing the route in 4.5hrs!
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| Wade Repta Swims The Bay |
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Quite a while back I posted the infamous Louis C.K. clip of his appearance on Conan O'Brien (everything's amazing and nobody's happy). It was amazingly accurate and funny all at once and an instant online hit.
On Tuesday of this week a friend posted a nine minute version of this same comedian's stand-up routine, and I found myself laughing out loud while at the same time feeling quite guilty about it at times (thanks Emily). I actually love it when a comedian can do this to me, but as such I have to give the earmuffs warning on this one. If you're easily offended, skip it. If you're under age and have never in your life heard an f-bomb (or worse...much worse), get on outta here. If you take life a wee bit too seriously and like to find things to complain about, feel free, but consider yourself warned. However, If you like offensive humor and need a good laugh then click away...
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On Tuesday of this week a friend posted a nine minute version of this same comedian's stand-up routine, and I found myself laughing out loud while at the same time feeling quite guilty about it at times (thanks Emily). I actually love it when a comedian can do this to me, but as such I have to give the earmuffs warning on this one. If you're easily offended, skip it. If you're under age and have never in your life heard an f-bomb (or worse...much worse), get on outta here. If you take life a wee bit too seriously and like to find things to complain about, feel free, but consider yourself warned. However, If you like offensive humor and need a good laugh then click away...
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(sick rhymes, sicker moves yo!)
The above has virtually nothing to do with my posting. In fact it has exactly 3.02748% to do with anything, ever, in the history of mankind. But damn they gots moves! Anyone else actually remember this stuff?
Anyways, personally life is rolling right along and overall things are great, HOWEVER, things were made even gooder (yes I love that word) after a recent acquisition of a new toy. I like to think of it as a problem solver, which is how I justified the $500 purchase. ($500.99 to be exact...ya know if ya sold it for $1 cheaper you could say it's under five hundred all in right? Anywho)
Problems that needed solving:
-the whole being sidelined all summer bit was getting old. Older still was the loss of the ability to 'walk' to accessible locations such as the coffee shop (sweaty mess if actually sunny), grocery store (backpack full of groc not conducive to crutching any actual distance), dog walks (dogs get bored and actually start gnawing on my one good stump)
-unnecessarily driving a 30 year old car around town. I love my car. I go to Seattle/Tacoma in it twice a month to see my beautiful girlfriend, but it's almost as old as I am and as such it enjoys lengthy breaks. Driving five minutes to spend ten minutes looking for a parking spot was getting old in a hurry
-loss of ability to freely move any real distance outside of a car, such as bike paths, trails, walking, etc. Beyond fitness, training, and racing, what I have missed more than anything throughout this process is the simple daily ability to get outside, cover some distance, breath some fresh air, and take in some sunshine
-an eventual 12km commute to my soon to be office for Pure Life Pursuits Distribution in Vancouver (oh yeah, I need to back track a posting on this one as I only mentioned on FB & Twitter, opps)
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I'm salivating! The new 2012 Montrail catalogue just found its way to me and on top of the plenitude of rad new colors, there are THREE brand new shoes, AND the debut of the long awaited OutDry on five others. Oh, and I have to ensure that I mention these won't be available until Feb 2012.
The highlights are definitely the three new kicks. Starting off with an even lighter version of a Rogue Racer called the Rogue Fly
Then The Badwater, which is being billed as a neutral, cushioned, hybrid.
and the third newbie being the Bajada in which Mr. iRunFar ran to a successful 31st placing at the Western States 100 last month in a time of 19h24m. Neutral, cushioned, and superior traction.
We will return to your regularly scheduled program after OR in Utah in a few short weeks...until then here are some pics of the newbies plus the latest colours for the MM:
Rogue Fly
Bajada
Badwater
Mountain Masochist
Three quick ones to throw your way this week. Starting with how NOT to use a rowing machine, followed by the incomparable Will Ferrell, and finally just a friendly reminder, in case you'd already forgotten...or tried to.
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About a year and a half ago I started posting funny Friday videos during the off season as a way to absolve myself of any blogging 'duties'. Well, my off season arrived early this year, and as such I give to you The Tololo Song! (via Laura Houston)
Try singing this one to pass the time during your next race, training day, or commute to work...
Best of luck too all the local Knee Knacker 50k runners tomorrow and all the current Hardrock 100 mile runners who started way too early this morning! Oh yeah, and Sinister Seven as well. Big weekend of racing. AND Badwater on Monday...huge weekend!
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Try singing this one to pass the time during your next race, training day, or commute to work...
Best of luck too all the local Knee Knacker 50k runners tomorrow and all the current Hardrock 100 mile runners who started way too early this morning! Oh yeah, and Sinister Seven as well. Big weekend of racing. AND Badwater on Monday...huge weekend!
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What the hell weather gods? I thought I was pretty clear in my request for apocalyptic style weather patterns for the next eight weeks or so. I mean, how disgusted am I today. Not even a singular locust besieged North Vancouver residents this past long weekend. Happy Canada Day, Schmappy Canada Day I say. Independence Day, Schmindependence Day. How can people celebrate while I'M suffering like this?? I dunno really, but I'm sure Karma will certainly even things out eventually.
As the sun shone bright above and I realized that outdoor enthusiasts were sure to be hitting the trails en mass I figured the best place for me to hang out would be the local ER. I crutched on down there and grabbed a seat.
"Can we help you sir?"
"No, I'm fine thanks."
I sat there for three hours just waiting for the first athletic person to be dragged through the ER doors writhing in pain so I could point and laugh. When it became evident that no one was quite as hardcore as I am and they couldn't even break a singular bone on a beautiful day, I decided to go for a spin around the ward and garner as much personal attention as I could.
"Can we help you sir?"
"No, no, I'm fine thanks. Just fine. Just me and a JONES FRACTURE crutching on through your ward. Maybe you've heard of them before. They can be quite deadly ya know, and apparently I'm one of only 6% of the population who have survived not JUST ONE, but TWO of them. Yeah I know. I'm pretty bad ass right."
"Sir there are people in here with real issues. Can you please get out of our way"
"REAL ISSUES! HA! Maybe you should google your shit Doc. JONES FRACTURE. Spelled with a J!"
Eventually security escorted me out and instructed me to go play in traffic or something.
"Well I WOULD IF I COULD WALK DAMMIT!"
Some people.
Anyways, I ended up having to crutch on home and I had forgotten to pack my sunglasses forcing me to squint the entire time. I know, I know. Nightmare weekend right. Well get this. By the time I'd crutched the ten blocks I'd also sunburned my cranium. Seriously, why does the universe hate me right now? I contemplated heading back to the ER to get some ointment but since I'm so hardcore I figured I could tough it out.
Thoroughly disappointed in my apparent inability to thwart the good times of other active people I headed on down to Deep Cove and started throwing rocks at the stand up paddle boarders. Unfortunately my dog thought this was a game and I ended up having to stop cause people thought this was FUN. Gawd I HATE fun and anyone who is able to have FUN while I can't.
As a last ditch option I rented a kayak and paddled around shouting obscenities at anyone on the water sporting a smile.
LIFE SUCKS! Don't even try to sympathize cause you can't. I'd say, "I hope you had a great long weekend but I'd be lying through my teeth. I hope it rained on you, even if you were indoors."
If you took a word of this seriously please click here
Life is pretty awesome,
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As the sun shone bright above and I realized that outdoor enthusiasts were sure to be hitting the trails en mass I figured the best place for me to hang out would be the local ER. I crutched on down there and grabbed a seat.
"Can we help you sir?"
"No, I'm fine thanks."
I sat there for three hours just waiting for the first athletic person to be dragged through the ER doors writhing in pain so I could point and laugh. When it became evident that no one was quite as hardcore as I am and they couldn't even break a singular bone on a beautiful day, I decided to go for a spin around the ward and garner as much personal attention as I could.
"Can we help you sir?"
"No, no, I'm fine thanks. Just fine. Just me and a JONES FRACTURE crutching on through your ward. Maybe you've heard of them before. They can be quite deadly ya know, and apparently I'm one of only 6% of the population who have survived not JUST ONE, but TWO of them. Yeah I know. I'm pretty bad ass right."
"Sir there are people in here with real issues. Can you please get out of our way"
"REAL ISSUES! HA! Maybe you should google your shit Doc. JONES FRACTURE. Spelled with a J!"
Eventually security escorted me out and instructed me to go play in traffic or something.
"Well I WOULD IF I COULD WALK DAMMIT!"
Some people.
Anyways, I ended up having to crutch on home and I had forgotten to pack my sunglasses forcing me to squint the entire time. I know, I know. Nightmare weekend right. Well get this. By the time I'd crutched the ten blocks I'd also sunburned my cranium. Seriously, why does the universe hate me right now? I contemplated heading back to the ER to get some ointment but since I'm so hardcore I figured I could tough it out.
Thoroughly disappointed in my apparent inability to thwart the good times of other active people I headed on down to Deep Cove and started throwing rocks at the stand up paddle boarders. Unfortunately my dog thought this was a game and I ended up having to stop cause people thought this was FUN. Gawd I HATE fun and anyone who is able to have FUN while I can't.
As a last ditch option I rented a kayak and paddled around shouting obscenities at anyone on the water sporting a smile.
LIFE SUCKS! Don't even try to sympathize cause you can't. I'd say, "I hope you had a great long weekend but I'd be lying through my teeth. I hope it rained on you, even if you were indoors."
Life is pretty awesome,
GR
Some great video links that are too good not to share. Thanks to everyone who posted. Though you may have seen em all already, most are worth a second look.
Enjoy the 'top ten' +1, and whether you find yourself celebrating Canada Day today, Independence Day on Monday, or both if you happen to swing both ways (not that there's anything wrong with that), enjoy your weekend.
GR
Enjoy the 'top ten' +1, and whether you find yourself celebrating Canada Day today, Independence Day on Monday, or both if you happen to swing both ways (not that there's anything wrong with that), enjoy your weekend.
GR