Nothing like working with rocks or stone walls, a lot of work but the results are usually worthwhile. I've done only dry stack walls with natural stone or formed concrete. Saw a partial finger blow-out on a fellow worker, he was placing a concrete block and got the fingerprint part smashed and it blew out a bit. Easy to do really when tired and trying to get through the job. We use ball carts for moving trees for the bigger rocks. Saw a guy remove a rock from a running gas powered hedgetrimmer. He lost about a quarter to a third of an inch off a finger tip.
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I started training on Proven Nutrition products last month. They sent me several bags of Core and a bag of D-AA for my birthday. Never sent me a bill. My wife communicates with the company rep....
So I've been using the stuff everyday...before training/during training/after training
Core = Isomaltulose, Citrulline Malate, L-Glutamine, Cissus Quadrangularis, L-Leucine, Sea Salt, Dehydrated Raw Coconut water, organic Cane Sugar (2g), Microdried Blueberries, Silicon Dioxide, Monk Fruit extract, Fruit and Vegetable juice blend, Stevia
* I call Core : Purple Crack....I'm addicted to this stuff. The flavor is way over the top...blueberry..
D-DAA = 100% pure D-Aspartic Acid Calcium Chelate (I take a single dose a day)
I have to say..I've been hammering on my body...and overall...I'm feeling better than normal. My recovery is awesome...and my energy is great. Don't know if it's all the Dandelion juicing or the Proven Nutrition supplements or what...but I'm not going to change up much concerning my diet for this race. I'm carrying the Core powder with me to fuel on during the race...but I'll stop juicing the morning before (Friday)
anyways....talking about getting product support
I ordered a pair of socks for myself and a pair for my wife from Injinji (toe socks)......they are located in San Diego..and they sent us a total hook up care package:
2 extra pair of socks for me ($15 a pair)
1 extra pair for the wife ($15 a pair)
....I have to admit to liking getting free running gear. $15 here...$30 there...adds up when the training is long and the races many. I beat the hell out of everything I use. Technically I need a new pair of shoes every month...and new socks before that. Doesn't seem like much..but I just get sick of buying shit every month. I mean...there are running shoes everywhere you look around my house....different models...in different stages of decomposition...just as many old socks...wadded up in the shoes
Reading labels
I started training on Proven Nutrition products last month. They sent me several bags of Core and a bag of D-AA for my birthday. Never sent me a bill. My wife communicates with the company rep....
So I've been using the stuff everyday...before training/during training/after training
Core = Isomaltulose, Citrulline Malate, L-Glutamine, Cissus Quadrangularis, L-Leucine, Sea Salt, Dehydrated Raw Coconut water, organic Cane Sugar (2g), Microdried Blueberries, Silicon Dioxide, Monk Fruit extract, Fruit and Vegetable juice blend, Stevia
* I call Core : Purple Crack....I'm addicted to this stuff. The flavor is way over the top...blueberry..
D-DAA = 100% pure D-Aspartic Acid Calcium Chelate (I take a single dose a day)
I have to say..I've been hammering on my body...and overall...I'm feeling better than normal. My recovery is awesome...and my energy is great. Don't know if it's all the Dandelion juicing or the Proven Nutrition supplements or what...but I'm not going to change up much concerning my diet for this race. I'm carrying the Core powder with me to fuel on during the race...but I'll stop juicing the morning before (Friday)
anyways....talking about getting product support
I ordered a pair of socks for myself and a pair for my wife from Injinji (toe socks)......they are located in San Diego..and they sent us a total hook up care package:
2 extra pair of socks for me ($15 a pair)
1 extra pair for the wife ($15 a pair)
....I have to admit to liking getting free running gear. $15 here...$30 there...adds up when the training is long and the races many. I beat the hell out of everything I use. Technically I need a new pair of shoes every month...and new socks before that. Doesn't seem like much..but I just get sick of buying shit every month. I mean...there are running shoes everywhere you look around my house....different models...in different stages of decomposition...just as many old socks...wadded up in the shoes
Indoors Outlooks
Indoors Outlooks
Today I'm back to working on the landscaping....spreading homemade mulch..watering beds...and firing up machinery (the beast in the garage). The landing is clear once again...so saving some strength to blitz the Granite Mecca later this evening.
* I was considering that Ultra racing/training has become a sport of affluence. The time needed to train, the costs of gear, diet/supplements, and the costs of travel/entry fees/hotel rooms etc..
I'm saying some people in my club race more than once a month...and travel all over the country/world to do it. It's more than just dedication to running trails at that point....yet it seems like the progression...if it's what you want to do...and the atmosphere in which you must be a part of. It's a subculture within a sub culture
** I'll be down in the desert on Saturday for the Old West 50K race. Not racing it...but like last year...I'm volunteering.
^ Jaundice f2 expression #3 on the left...and I-HOP Satellite expression #1 on the right. These girls have been cloned and were put into flower this morning. The I-HOP and Jaundice males were previously put in.
^ probably from the Chem DD genetics....all the Jaundice f2 I've grown show the trait. #3 showing it here.
Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD
I-HOP Satellite = SCreme'n Dawg f2 X Blue Satellite 2.2
Skunks
^ Think my female count is 6...so far...of the SZSK f2. Pictured above is expression #1 on the left and #2 on the right. They are not uniform....seem to be splitting into two different camps. The #1 camp has fatter leaves and is a thicker plant structure..,,the #2 camp has more a sativa vibe to it...hanging back
SZSK f2 = Skunk #1 X Chem DD
* still sexing the SZSK f2 and Skunk Jones (SZSK f2 X Casey Jones f2)...but I'm getting tired of checking them and having to water their small squares. already have a couple males from each cross.....and my experience with late showing plants is that they are...generally....males. the population gets another few days to show sex..after that..I'll snuff them. I'm already comfortable with what I have.
Indoors Outlooks
Today I'm back to working on the landscaping....spreading homemade mulch..watering beds...and firing up machinery (the beast in the garage). The landing is clear once again...so saving some strength to blitz the Granite Mecca later this evening.
* I was considering that Ultra racing/training has become a sport of affluence. The time needed to train, the costs of gear, diet/supplements, and the costs of travel/entry fees/hotel rooms etc..
I'm saying some people in my club race more than once a month...and travel all over the country/world to do it. It's more than just dedication to running trails at that point....yet it seems like the progression...if it's what you want to do...and the atmosphere in which you must be a part of. It's a subculture within a sub culture
** I'll be down in the desert on Saturday for the Old West 50K race. Not racing it...but like last year...I'm volunteering.
^ Jaundice f2 expression #3 on the left...and I-HOP Satellite expression #1 on the right. These girls have been cloned and were put into flower this morning. The I-HOP and Jaundice males were previously put in.
^ probably from the Chem DD genetics....all the Jaundice f2 I've grown show the trait. #3 showing it here.
Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD
I-HOP Satellite = SCreme'n Dawg f2 X Blue Satellite 2.2
Skunks
^ Think my female count is 6...so far...of the SZSK f2. Pictured above is expression #1 on the left and #2 on the right. They are not uniform....seem to be splitting into two different camps. The #1 camp has fatter leaves and is a thicker plant structure..,,the #2 camp has more a sativa vibe to it...hanging back
SZSK f2 = Skunk #1 X Chem DD
* still sexing the SZSK f2 and Skunk Jones (SZSK f2 X Casey Jones f2)...but I'm getting tired of checking them and having to water their small squares. already have a couple males from each cross.....and my experience with late showing plants is that they are...generally....males. the population gets another few days to show sex..after that..I'll snuff them. I'm already comfortable with what I have.
mountain biking is even worse i think...yeah,theres quite a few in state and nearby races here but the entry fees and travel hassles are enough for me to say naw,rather just ride...plus to be honest training is too much like work...
Training is work. For any glorifying moments I achieve in a race...there are...1000's of moments that are far from the glory and hidden in the isolation of solitary hours alone. You have to be your own support in training....coach yourself up...make yourself suffer
Racing is way cool...but not the "All".
I see it as a stepping stone to the next great thing.
* got my mulching done...union break... then...down to flood the garlic bed.
** They blew up the side of the mountain again yesterday. The trucks have been rolling since 7:00 this morning...hauling in fresh rock.
This is unfucking believable.
soon as they shut down for the day...I'm heading over to their landing and going nuts. I've only got a few more days before I'm going to have to stop and start resting up. Trying to get in as much rock and wood as possible while still training.
No run today.
Twilight in Granite Mecca
Twilight in Granite Mecca
Got myself a couple more loads
^ This is only part of the berm they've been making....and the section where I've been getting my rocks. I climbed up on top and saw where the front loader had been flattening it out...squashing it down..so they can unload more rock and not have it too peaked.
It's a "dirty" berm. These rocks haven't been separated from the soil yet. I'm sure the company doing this project already has a lot of this rock/dg sold off as fill.
^ Here's their clean pile. I don't take anything out of this....and most of it is way too big anyways. This is some good quality material.
^ My Landing. Pretty much just hoist the rocks over the edge into the bowl....being careful not to let the momentum take me down with them. A fall from here...onto a pile of rocks..would most likely result in a very serious hurt
* I took a look at the latest loads the trucks dropped off. They're getting away from the surface rock...and getting into the really nice "Cookies and Cream" colored interior rock...the stuff that has never seen the surface. It keeps getting better.
Twilight in Granite Mecca
Got myself a couple more loads
^ This is only part of the berm they've been making....and the section where I've been getting my rocks. I climbed up on top and saw where the front loader had been flattening it out...squashing it down..so they can unload more rock and not have it too peaked.
It's a "dirty" berm. These rocks haven't been separated from the soil yet. I'm sure the company doing this project already has a lot of this rock/dg sold off as fill.
^ Here's their clean pile. I don't take anything out of this....and most of it is way too big anyways. This is some good quality material.
^ My Landing. Pretty much just hoist the rocks over the edge into the bowl....being careful not to let the momentum take me down with them. A fall from here...onto a pile of rocks..would most likely result in a very serious hurt
* I took a look at the latest loads the trucks dropped off. They're getting away from the surface rock...and getting into the really nice "Cookies and Cream" colored interior rock...the stuff that has never seen the surface. It keeps getting better.
... flashes of images of dwarfs toiling in mines under the mountains. This is getting surreal.
Fast Turnaround
Fast Turnaround
^ Easy Mox Trilogy expression #5. I'm cutting her down this morning...she's out in the lobby awaiting her harvest session presently..ready to give to the cause. Some of the funkiest herb I've ever had.
This round she is being harvested on day 57...but in other rounds I've taken her in her 60's and past 70 days. My Jaundice plants do not seem as sensitive to environmental factors (mostly temps I'm talking about) and they are consistent in their finish times...but
the EMT #5, EMT #7, and Queen Moxie appear to me...as being...extremely sensitive to their environments. I don't have them figured out...and probably never will..nor care to..as my gardens are run loose in regards to temps. They have always fluxed under limited control. On those expressions I consider the harvest windows late 50's - 70+ days...with no notable differences in over all quality or yield..
If they want to finish fast...fine by me...I just keep watching for them to show me signs of wanting to finish...and then start flushing the hell out of them. I'm still flushing about 10 days...and using a flushing agent.
* The wife and I will be going up to Lake Elsinore next Friday to be closer to the race course...just like for the Chimera 100M back in November. Saves us from having to drive up in the middle of the night..allows me more sleep and relax time. I plan on taking EMT #5 and EMT #7 buds with us....they'll be my pre and post race supplements...the icing on the run high
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Another rocking day. Have to move the rock I brought in last evening...get in a run....and see if I have the juice to go and get a couple more loads.
Drinking my loaded juice...already stretched out with rubber bands on the rock wall..getting ready to blast out some energy
Fast Turnaround
^ Easy Mox Trilogy expression #5. I'm cutting her down this morning...she's out in the lobby awaiting her harvest session presently..ready to give to the cause. Some of the funkiest herb I've ever had.
This round she is being harvested on day 57...but in other rounds I've taken her in her 60's and past 70 days. My Jaundice plants do not seem as sensitive to environmental factors (mostly temps I'm talking about) and they are consistent in their finish times...but
the EMT #5, EMT #7, and Queen Moxie appear to me...as being...extremely sensitive to their environments. I don't have them figured out...and probably never will..nor care to..as my gardens are run loose in regards to temps. They have always fluxed under limited control. On those expressions I consider the harvest windows late 50's - 70+ days...with no notable differences in over all quality or yield..
If they want to finish fast...fine by me...I just keep watching for them to show me signs of wanting to finish...and then start flushing the hell out of them. I'm still flushing about 10 days...and using a flushing agent.
* The wife and I will be going up to Lake Elsinore next Friday to be closer to the race course...just like for the Chimera 100M back in November. Saves us from having to drive up in the middle of the night..allows me more sleep and relax time. I plan on taking EMT #5 and EMT #7 buds with us....they'll be my pre and post race supplements...the icing on the run high
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Another rocking day. Have to move the rock I brought in last evening...get in a run....and see if I have the juice to go and get a couple more loads.
Drinking my loaded juice...already stretched out with rubber bands on the rock wall..getting ready to blast out some energy
Anxieties Day
Anxieties Day
It so appears that even with more than 10 races behind me...I still have a day of pre race anxieties. This time around the background noise is mostly about my diet....and a little about how I'll perform after having not raced since November. Diet though..is taking center stage.
I'm not getting my normal cravings for junk food...not craving any particular foods at all. It's important that I gorge and load up on calories in the next few days. Hard to gorge when I don't feel like gorging.
* I'm juicing twice a day until Friday morning. The juices and homemade breads...and the Proper Nutrition products are what I've been training on for the last month...and the only consistent fuels that I uptake daily. I've been feeling stronger than normal..so have to believe that part of the diet is working for me.
** I'm going to eat a couple slices of pepperoni pizza and drink a Royal Crown cola in a little while...in hopes and needs of getting my gorging started.
................moved a lot of rock over last weekend...and got some solid runs in...and now I have to lay off...chill...stretch...stay loose...rest off physical labor and eat
Anxieties Day
It so appears that even with more than 10 races behind me...I still have a day of pre race anxieties. This time around the background noise is mostly about my diet....and a little about how I'll perform after having not raced since November. Diet though..is taking center stage.
I'm not getting my normal cravings for junk food...not craving any particular foods at all. It's important that I gorge and load up on calories in the next few days. Hard to gorge when I don't feel like gorging.
* I'm juicing twice a day until Friday morning. The juices and homemade breads...and the Proper Nutrition products are what I've been training on for the last month...and the only consistent fuels that I uptake daily. I've been feeling stronger than normal..so have to believe that part of the diet is working for me.
** I'm going to eat a couple slices of pepperoni pizza and drink a Royal Crown cola in a little while...in hopes and needs of getting my gorging started.
................moved a lot of rock over last weekend...and got some solid runs in...and now I have to lay off...chill...stretch...stay loose...rest off physical labor and eat
Began looking at the Old Goat 50M course
Began looking at the Old Goat 50M course
...as I've mentioned before
The Old Goat race course is not going to be totally new to me...as it is more or less...1/2 of the Chimera 100M race course...
but only the first 20some miles have I seen in the light of day.
Start/Finish line is at 3300' elevation. The highest elevation is Santiago Peak at 5642' (allows you to look down on all of the Orange County beaches) and the lowest elevation is down in the bottom of Holy Jim Canyon at 1710'.
Total elevation change in 50 miles: 26,800' with 13,400' of steep/technical climbing.
Modified lolly pop course...32 miles of single track and 18 miles of truck trails. The truck trails are steep and rutted enough that you need 4wd to make it up and down the mountains....and all of the single track is hellaciously rocky and hazardous...brutally able to pound the shit out of me
It's a great course. Nothing easy. It's one hill after another.
* My anxieties about the race are over. I had my day. Everything is coming together properly...I feel strong and ready. I just want to run. That's it. I don't want to think....
Began looking at the Old Goat 50M course
...as I've mentioned before
The Old Goat race course is not going to be totally new to me...as it is more or less...1/2 of the Chimera 100M race course...
but only the first 20some miles have I seen in the light of day.
Start/Finish line is at 3300' elevation. The highest elevation is Santiago Peak at 5642' (allows you to look down on all of the Orange County beaches) and the lowest elevation is down in the bottom of Holy Jim Canyon at 1710'.
Total elevation change in 50 miles: 26,800' with 13,400' of steep/technical climbing.
Modified lolly pop course...32 miles of single track and 18 miles of truck trails. The truck trails are steep and rutted enough that you need 4wd to make it up and down the mountains....and all of the single track is hellaciously rocky and hazardous...brutally able to pound the shit out of me
It's a great course. Nothing easy. It's one hill after another.
* My anxieties about the race are over. I had my day. Everything is coming together properly...I feel strong and ready. I just want to run. That's it. I don't want to think....
thinking just gets in the way anyhow...
Various Males
Various Males
Spending a few hours getting my veg studio up to date..reorganized...transplanting...feeding
^ Finished sexing out the SZSK f2 (Skunk #1 X Chem DD) and the Skunk Jones (SZSK f2 X Casey Jones f2).....finally. Shown above are the males I selected for the project run. 2 of each line.
Final Count :
7 SZSK f2 females and 2 males
6 Skunk Jones females and 2 males
^ Picture of the top of the Jaundice f2 (Bogbubble X Chem DD) male..who is exiled out of the garden to make pollen. Same old game: collect pollen, pollinate the Jaundice females (expressions 1-3), progress the Jaundice line from the f2 generation to the f3 generation.
one step after the other step after the other step after the other step
it is a fair estimate into hypnotizing a population and oneself
ebb flow rinse repeat
chorus: repeating repeating repeating
Various Males
Spending a few hours getting my veg studio up to date..reorganized...transplanting...feeding
^ Finished sexing out the SZSK f2 (Skunk #1 X Chem DD) and the Skunk Jones (SZSK f2 X Casey Jones f2).....finally. Shown above are the males I selected for the project run. 2 of each line.
Final Count :
7 SZSK f2 females and 2 males
6 Skunk Jones females and 2 males
^ Picture of the top of the Jaundice f2 (Bogbubble X Chem DD) male..who is exiled out of the garden to make pollen. Same old game: collect pollen, pollinate the Jaundice females (expressions 1-3), progress the Jaundice line from the f2 generation to the f3 generation.
one step after the other step after the other step after the other step
it is a fair estimate into hypnotizing a population and oneself
ebb flow rinse repeat
chorus: repeating repeating repeating
meltybubble
Member
Really nice work, I have to catch up.
Your Skunk Jones and the rest sound real nice.
Your Skunk Jones and the rest sound real nice.
Thanks, dude. Appreciate the kind words.
I made the Skunk Jones several years ago...but this is the first time I've ever grown any out. I'm expecting good things...it's a good looking population of plants.
I have Casey Jones into the f3 generation..and have outcrossed Casey to so many other lines...I can't remember them all.
Some of those outcrosses are as far as being into the f3 generation themselves and a few others are into the f2.
* the Skunk Jones I had forgotten I made until I was going through my collection and came across them. The making of the cross was documented in this thread..but it was under Pablos..and since that account is no longer active...the pictures are gone.
** My seed collection is at a point now...that..I'm going through it and finding the lines that need to be progressed further along.
meltybubble
Member
Wow Jericho, fortunes of the old account.
I was and still am really inspired by your work, I admire the way you do it and have learned a lot from you guy's.
I grew some rainbow jones last from CSG, awesome. I had one really casey dom, so pretty and o so nice. The room seeded so I have work to do, lol.
Good things,
Thanks for the run down,
I feel at home again.be getting on
be getting on
my last run before the race...here...soon as the sun rises higher and warmer above the ridge. Do a nice 7-10 mile stretch run....bounce some boulders...high and away.
Then there's some shit I have to get together
^ I can fit my running world into this bag. All my clothing for any condition...tape..greases..hydration belts..all the shit I can decide whether I need or not
Since the wife will be there (mostly at the start/finish) all day...we're bringing a big cooler with my special foods/drinks and her growlers of beer....I'll be through the start/finish line about 20some miles in (it's an aid station) so...I'll have that opportunity to get at canned coconut milk and maple syrup...giving me that stuff I've been training on before I start the next set of climbs....and yeah..nice to have my own foods after the race...though I'm sure I'll plow down the post race meal provided.
This is a great race. I'm totally into race mode now....chomping at the bit....living in the dream.
The race director has been sending out e-mails with updates and final instructions: weather will be clear and sunny, 12mph winds, temps in the 60's. Killer. The poison oak growth in the drainage bottoms is at an all time high because it's been warm and misty up that way...growing like 8" a day. That's no biggie to me...stay on the trail and don't go running through it.
* this race...like it's race director...is run old skool. Some people can't get on board with that...but that's how Steve Harvey does his races. There is less trail marking than in most of today's Ultra events, some aid stations are water only, no pacers allowed...basically not as much hand holding. Some places on the course are a long way from a direct road route...so by vehicle it may be 45 miles of driving (even if it's only 15 by trail or 5 as the crow flies) to come get you if something goes wrong and you need to drop from the race. If you can't make it to an aid station..or even if you do..you may be stranded for a couple/few hours. What I'm saying is that you have to have confidence in being able to keep your shit together....and to make the right decisions. Say like if you are at an aid station and are questioning if you can make the next set of hills to the next aid station...since once you start off...and get going..you may find yourself caught out in no man's land...hurting..and any aid might be a long time in coming
You get turn by turn directions...and you can see the course marked on the map. Got to pay attention to the RD's starting line verbal instructions as well.
** Old Goat. Old Goats run this show. Harvey is still running mountains in his 70's....not much you can say to somebody who has been doing this since before I was in high school. I have a lot of respect.
*** Bunch of shit to do today. We're out of here tomorrow morning.
^ Can't seem to get off the rock. This is part of the loads I brought in over last weekend. I've got to get this moved. Won't happen until after Saturday...but I'll be bringing more in next week. This project is green lighted all the way. When there is a green light...best to get on that shit.
be getting on
my last run before the race...here...soon as the sun rises higher and warmer above the ridge. Do a nice 7-10 mile stretch run....bounce some boulders...high and away.
Then there's some shit I have to get together
^ I can fit my running world into this bag. All my clothing for any condition...tape..greases..hydration belts..all the shit I can decide whether I need or not
Since the wife will be there (mostly at the start/finish) all day...we're bringing a big cooler with my special foods/drinks and her growlers of beer....I'll be through the start/finish line about 20some miles in (it's an aid station) so...I'll have that opportunity to get at canned coconut milk and maple syrup...giving me that stuff I've been training on before I start the next set of climbs....and yeah..nice to have my own foods after the race...though I'm sure I'll plow down the post race meal provided.
This is a great race. I'm totally into race mode now....chomping at the bit....living in the dream.
The race director has been sending out e-mails with updates and final instructions: weather will be clear and sunny, 12mph winds, temps in the 60's. Killer. The poison oak growth in the drainage bottoms is at an all time high because it's been warm and misty up that way...growing like 8" a day. That's no biggie to me...stay on the trail and don't go running through it.
* this race...like it's race director...is run old skool. Some people can't get on board with that...but that's how Steve Harvey does his races. There is less trail marking than in most of today's Ultra events, some aid stations are water only, no pacers allowed...basically not as much hand holding. Some places on the course are a long way from a direct road route...so by vehicle it may be 45 miles of driving (even if it's only 15 by trail or 5 as the crow flies) to come get you if something goes wrong and you need to drop from the race. If you can't make it to an aid station..or even if you do..you may be stranded for a couple/few hours. What I'm saying is that you have to have confidence in being able to keep your shit together....and to make the right decisions. Say like if you are at an aid station and are questioning if you can make the next set of hills to the next aid station...since once you start off...and get going..you may find yourself caught out in no man's land...hurting..and any aid might be a long time in coming
You get turn by turn directions...and you can see the course marked on the map. Got to pay attention to the RD's starting line verbal instructions as well.
** Old Goat. Old Goats run this show. Harvey is still running mountains in his 70's....not much you can say to somebody who has been doing this since before I was in high school. I have a lot of respect.
*** Bunch of shit to do today. We're out of here tomorrow morning.
^ Can't seem to get off the rock. This is part of the loads I brought in over last weekend. I've got to get this moved. Won't happen until after Saturday...but I'll be bringing more in next week. This project is green lighted all the way. When there is a green light...best to get on that shit.
Run4theCure
Member
race days is awesome ...i feel you ..why run alone when you can run among like minded peeps.well we do that even when we are alone out there but again ..its nice to have some around imho...Markings is fun to ...there is always some runners that run the wrong way lol im a race director my self..i did 5 runs and i have lots of signs but peeps still run wrong :S we cant help everybody some just to fucked to use signs...but a good thing to remeber is,follow your nose until something tells you to turn ...
did my nr 32 marathon yesterday...the days before i woke up from winter sleep and removed my socks n shoes ...did 14,5 k on asfalt ...barefeet offcause
Keep running
did my nr 32 marathon yesterday...the days before i woke up from winter sleep and removed my socks n shoes ...did 14,5 k on asfalt ...barefeet offcause
Keep running
Racing the Goat
Racing the Goat
^ Race schwag...nice sleeveless New Balance shirt and a mug....finisher's medal...and a bandanna with the turn by turn directions..which..I thought that was a great concept in a race with limited marking. Slid mine through my hydration belt but never needed it.
How did it go?
Ran the first 21 miles in just over 4hrs. This was almost entirely on technical single track...starting with a long...gradual (in most places) downhill into a drainage...then up a gradual-steep climb to an aid station...then a lollipop loop dropped the course back up the same route to the start/finish. I decided to run this section at a faster pace to..kind of...get a nest egg of time on my side because..
in the 2nd part of the race (21 miles - 36 miles) the real climbing and descending began on both single track and fire road. Real tough section. At the end of this piece we had to climb 3932' in under 8 miles. Santiago Peak leered down from miles above...to the point...I didn't see any sense in looking up at it. The single track piece (Holy Jim trail) of the climb is all switchback...but the fire road piece (High Point truck trail) was dusty loose rock...winding not switching...
* Got sick right after leaving the aid station at the peak (mile 36)..stomach started fucking with me...and from here on I was puking and running...fueling on anything and nothing.
36 miles and Santiago Peak was where I had planned to start my closing charge..and so I started it...and although sometimes it didn't seem like a charge at all...there were enough moments to keep it an honest effort
...so the 3rd section of the course...mile 36-50. Ha Ha....fucking brutal. Exposed fire road "descending" 2500' to the start/finish...but there was 1500' of climbing in that piece. The road too...holy fuck...you have to understand what it's like running down steep hill...where your footing is a variety of sized rolling rocks...kicked loose by jeeps, trucks, and motorcycles..which by the way..you also have to contend with. This happens to you after having just spent the last few hours straight climbing. Here. Here is where you have your body together..because I'll tell you...downhills like these..on tired legs...not good.
as far as I could see...this monstrous road stretched on and on...up and down...up and down..with reflections flashing off the off roader's vehicles.. the droning of their motors..as they traversed the mountains.. came at me from the front...below..above..at my back. Dust clouds burning in sun.....I could see everything from afar
My legs never failed me...my feet landed true. I bombed where I could bomb...held myself together in the ruts...washes..and rolled with the rocks.
anyways....I ran the last 8 miles or so on basically nothing. I couldn't keep anything down except the Core powder...but I had ran out of that miles back....the purple crack
at the last aid station with only 3 miles of steep downhill left to the glory...I sat down on the ground and ate a popsicle. The only aid station with popsicles...this lady who was in charge of it was on her game...and she had popsicles. It was like heaven...and the only thing that would stay down. I was still cheerful and talking shit with the aid station folks...didn't feel physically bad except for my stomach being raw.
After 5 minutes or so of sitting and eating the heavenly popsicle...I thanked the aid station peeps...and ran my ass off to a solid finish.
Took me a tad over 11hrs. On that course that's an acceptable time. Happy with it.
Recovery:
I've been in a little bit of shock all day. I couldn't eat last night...didn't feel hungry...stomach was burning. Woke up pre dawn..had my tea...ate a little....smoked several bowls of Plentyland...watched murder TV and stretched. Gardened my morning away outdoors not indoors (I always garden...no matter what)....stretched...cleaned my gear...did all the funky race laundry....etc etc....
I'm able to run right now. I'm sore...but not that sore. Once I figure out my stomach issues...I'll be so much better off
Racing the Goat
^ Race schwag...nice sleeveless New Balance shirt and a mug....finisher's medal...and a bandanna with the turn by turn directions..which..I thought that was a great concept in a race with limited marking. Slid mine through my hydration belt but never needed it.
How did it go?
Ran the first 21 miles in just over 4hrs. This was almost entirely on technical single track...starting with a long...gradual (in most places) downhill into a drainage...then up a gradual-steep climb to an aid station...then a lollipop loop dropped the course back up the same route to the start/finish. I decided to run this section at a faster pace to..kind of...get a nest egg of time on my side because..
in the 2nd part of the race (21 miles - 36 miles) the real climbing and descending began on both single track and fire road. Real tough section. At the end of this piece we had to climb 3932' in under 8 miles. Santiago Peak leered down from miles above...to the point...I didn't see any sense in looking up at it. The single track piece (Holy Jim trail) of the climb is all switchback...but the fire road piece (High Point truck trail) was dusty loose rock...winding not switching...
* Got sick right after leaving the aid station at the peak (mile 36)..stomach started fucking with me...and from here on I was puking and running...fueling on anything and nothing.
36 miles and Santiago Peak was where I had planned to start my closing charge..and so I started it...and although sometimes it didn't seem like a charge at all...there were enough moments to keep it an honest effort
...so the 3rd section of the course...mile 36-50. Ha Ha....fucking brutal. Exposed fire road "descending" 2500' to the start/finish...but there was 1500' of climbing in that piece. The road too...holy fuck...you have to understand what it's like running down steep hill...where your footing is a variety of sized rolling rocks...kicked loose by jeeps, trucks, and motorcycles..which by the way..you also have to contend with. This happens to you after having just spent the last few hours straight climbing. Here. Here is where you have your body together..because I'll tell you...downhills like these..on tired legs...not good.
as far as I could see...this monstrous road stretched on and on...up and down...up and down..with reflections flashing off the off roader's vehicles.. the droning of their motors..as they traversed the mountains.. came at me from the front...below..above..at my back. Dust clouds burning in sun.....I could see everything from afar
My legs never failed me...my feet landed true. I bombed where I could bomb...held myself together in the ruts...washes..and rolled with the rocks.
anyways....I ran the last 8 miles or so on basically nothing. I couldn't keep anything down except the Core powder...but I had ran out of that miles back....the purple crack
at the last aid station with only 3 miles of steep downhill left to the glory...I sat down on the ground and ate a popsicle. The only aid station with popsicles...this lady who was in charge of it was on her game...and she had popsicles. It was like heaven...and the only thing that would stay down. I was still cheerful and talking shit with the aid station folks...didn't feel physically bad except for my stomach being raw.
After 5 minutes or so of sitting and eating the heavenly popsicle...I thanked the aid station peeps...and ran my ass off to a solid finish.
Took me a tad over 11hrs. On that course that's an acceptable time. Happy with it.
Recovery:
I've been in a little bit of shock all day. I couldn't eat last night...didn't feel hungry...stomach was burning. Woke up pre dawn..had my tea...ate a little....smoked several bowls of Plentyland...watched murder TV and stretched. Gardened my morning away outdoors not indoors (I always garden...no matter what)....stretched...cleaned my gear...did all the funky race laundry....etc etc....
I'm able to run right now. I'm sore...but not that sore. Once I figure out my stomach issues...I'll be so much better off
A few problems but you pushed through them. Sounds like you were on your game the whole time. You nailed it man.
i cant even really imagine what running 50 miles through rough terrain must be like...it makes me wince in pain to even consider it too deeply...i did 50 miles yesterday and a pretty goodly amount of climbing but nothing like what you did....
