Longs Peak

Isaac and I had a great time climbing this last summer on Long Peak. Afterwards had time to hang out with the Peruvian crew at St. Malo: Ricardo, Jose, and others. A total of 7000 feet of vertical GDP we were quick with the out, and quick with the back. Hats off to Isaac for getting me up early enough to make it happen.

"It looks worse than it really is..."

Finished 17:44 in the 5th annual Running of the Bulls 5k. In this race I went out at about 5:12 pace and ended with an average of 5:41 over the 3.1 miles. They released the bulls two-minutes after the start of the race (these weren't actual bulls, however, but fomer olympians and really fast collegiate runners). Needless to say, things are rather slow going on the races for me lately. Thankfully there is biking and swimming. And climbing. How could I forget. One week after this race I did a 10K in 39:00 and then followed with an evening on the track - 5k in about 19:00. Good to get out there, especially since I have registered for the Boston Marathon and I am officially going for it...


"The journey for the sake of saving our own lives is little by little to cease to live in any sense that really matters, even to ourselves, because it is only by journeying for the world's sake - even when the world bores and sickens and scares you half to death - that little by little we start to come alive." Fredrick Buechner