12/17 NOLA
Sky Ride
Frontier
E-2
RTS
Walk
Marriott Courtyard
GB
House of Blues New Orleans
Burbon St
Absenth House
12/18 NOLA depart
Doughnuts River walk
12/19 Day At Sea
12/20 Costa Maya
Native Choice
Chacchoben
12/21 Belize City
City Tour
Altun Ha
Belikin Brewery and Stout! up to an hour of tap room?
12/22 Cozumel
1$ beer
Paradise Beach
2$ beer
Tequilla samples
Tequila Clase Azul
12/23 Day At Sea
12/24 NOLA
Garden District Troley
Oceania Resturant
12/25 NOLA
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Out of the Blue and into the Black
Trip to the East
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Trip to Cali and the Mt SAC relays
On Friday I flew out to LA to attend the Mt. SAC Relays and cheer on some of my kick ass running friends from Boulder including Jason Hartman, Bobby Reyes, Pat Rizzo, Steve/Sara Slatery, Jenny B. (Simpson), Emma Kennan and a bunch of others from the CU and Boulder Running Company teams. I also took the trip for some a motivational recharge, I though attending a track meet would take me back to my running roots where I used to spend hours on the bus and live out of a hotel each weekend when I competed for UB. Alt training, sea level time trials! Good plan.
Friday as soon as I landed I headed to Newport Beach. Great low key beach (except for all the annoying HS kids that should have been in school). After I had a good base sunburn going it was time to head back inland to Mt. SAC and cheer on some great Colorado runners. LA can be described with one word: Traffic! I lived in NYC for 6 years and consider LA worse namely because its never ending. Least in NYC you know that rush hour will be doubled but will eventually end.
I got to the track around 7pm just in time to see some of the final laps of the elite women's 5k which included big names such as: Sara Hall, Jenny (B) Simpson, Molly Huddle. Numerous heats of the 5k then followed for the rest of the night with an intermission of a very exciting 4x1mile relay of high schoolers. In the girls heat one of the lead off runners from Saugus fell at the 800m mark but got up and went on to not only hand off first but also in a speedy time of 5:04! That team went on to win with its three other legs of 5:02, 5:04, 5:02, and 5:01.
Emma didn't run until the final heat of the 5K, the moment I was waiting for all night. Due to restarts and delays this didn't happen until midnight and the temps were dropping quickly. This was her first time on the track since HS and her first time running this distance at sea level. She went out conservatively and pretty much ran it like a road race in CO where you sit and draft, waiting until after you've passed the large hilly sections of the course. After the 2 mile mark she started picking off runners one by one and kicked it into gear with @800 to go and ended with a 16:52 which was good enough for about a min PR. I didn't get to bed till @1.
Next morning the plan was to run to a near by track and get in a mile repeat workout and some hurdle drills. The track was Rowland Heights HS about 1.5 miles away. So I warmed up with that, but when I got there the track was closed! Again, why do we have to lock up our tracks and protect them with 8' fences?
So I ran to another track, Nogales HS in West Covina about 3 miles away, but by this time the temps were on the rise, it was humid and I was running out of water. I made it to the track and found one gate open. Stretched out and converted the workout into a "tired mile trial." I managed a 6:10 which could have easily been sub 6 but I saved some energy for the 1 mile run back to the hotel.
Run: 6.5
I got back, showered to cool my body temp down and get ready to hit up Venice beach for the first time. This place I can only describe as being between a prison yard and the places in Mexico where tourists done travel to. It was raw!
The water was @55* so I didn't really go in. We stayed until I was good and lobstered up (even though I was religious with the sunblock). Stuck in LA traffic for 3 hours I had time to further increase my worked up appetite. Finally enough was enough, we pulled off to find a quaint Mexican restaurant with the added bonus of Karaoke and some dancing. The sure cure for tight legs.
Sunday was a planned adventure day to include sight seeing and hiking in and around LA to see what the fuss was about on TV shows and movies. We visited Hollywood and even hiked 4 miles on and off trail in Griffin Park to the summit of Mt. Lee to the Hollywood sign. I think I just might be a natural for some trail running races.
We drove around in Beverly Hills and saw Diane Keaton driving in her Range Rover. We took shelter from the heat in the Westwood Shopping Center for lunch and finished out the day at the Marina Del Rey. And just before heading to LAX for our flight back to Denver we had to make a impromptu stop at Trader Joe's for supplies. I highly recommend the trail mix.
Friday as soon as I landed I headed to Newport Beach. Great low key beach (except for all the annoying HS kids that should have been in school). After I had a good base sunburn going it was time to head back inland to Mt. SAC and cheer on some great Colorado runners. LA can be described with one word: Traffic! I lived in NYC for 6 years and consider LA worse namely because its never ending. Least in NYC you know that rush hour will be doubled but will eventually end.
I got to the track around 7pm just in time to see some of the final laps of the elite women's 5k which included big names such as: Sara Hall, Jenny (B) Simpson, Molly Huddle. Numerous heats of the 5k then followed for the rest of the night with an intermission of a very exciting 4x1mile relay of high schoolers. In the girls heat one of the lead off runners from Saugus fell at the 800m mark but got up and went on to not only hand off first but also in a speedy time of 5:04! That team went on to win with its three other legs of 5:02, 5:04, 5:02, and 5:01.
Emma didn't run until the final heat of the 5K, the moment I was waiting for all night. Due to restarts and delays this didn't happen until midnight and the temps were dropping quickly. This was her first time on the track since HS and her first time running this distance at sea level. She went out conservatively and pretty much ran it like a road race in CO where you sit and draft, waiting until after you've passed the large hilly sections of the course. After the 2 mile mark she started picking off runners one by one and kicked it into gear with @800 to go and ended with a 16:52 which was good enough for about a min PR. I didn't get to bed till @1.
Next morning the plan was to run to a near by track and get in a mile repeat workout and some hurdle drills. The track was Rowland Heights HS about 1.5 miles away. So I warmed up with that, but when I got there the track was closed! Again, why do we have to lock up our tracks and protect them with 8' fences?
So I ran to another track, Nogales HS in West Covina about 3 miles away, but by this time the temps were on the rise, it was humid and I was running out of water. I made it to the track and found one gate open. Stretched out and converted the workout into a "tired mile trial." I managed a 6:10 which could have easily been sub 6 but I saved some energy for the 1 mile run back to the hotel.
Run: 6.5
I got back, showered to cool my body temp down and get ready to hit up Venice beach for the first time. This place I can only describe as being between a prison yard and the places in Mexico where tourists done travel to. It was raw!
The water was @55* so I didn't really go in. We stayed until I was good and lobstered up (even though I was religious with the sunblock). Stuck in LA traffic for 3 hours I had time to further increase my worked up appetite. Finally enough was enough, we pulled off to find a quaint Mexican restaurant with the added bonus of Karaoke and some dancing. The sure cure for tight legs.
Sunday was a planned adventure day to include sight seeing and hiking in and around LA to see what the fuss was about on TV shows and movies. We visited Hollywood and even hiked 4 miles on and off trail in Griffin Park to the summit of Mt. Lee to the Hollywood sign. I think I just might be a natural for some trail running races.
We drove around in Beverly Hills and saw Diane Keaton driving in her Range Rover. We took shelter from the heat in the Westwood Shopping Center for lunch and finished out the day at the Marina Del Rey. And just before heading to LAX for our flight back to Denver we had to make a impromptu stop at Trader Joe's for supplies. I highly recommend the trail mix.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
New Years in Cabo San Lucas
12/28-1/3
Day One: Travel
Denver-Cabo
Early flight, nice delight. Overcase Cabo
Explored resort
Dinner: Buffet
Drinks
Day Two: The Hike
Breakfast
Hiked out of the resort down a sketchy dirt road and onto the beach, around the marina (vendors) and up into the cliffs of the penninsula to Lovers Beach
Freakout climb.
Walked back/shortcut
In all 7.8 miles (2miles to the Marina fastest way)
Day One: Travel
Denver-Cabo
Early flight, nice delight. Overcase Cabo
Explored resort
Dinner: Buffet
Drinks
Day Two: The Hike
Breakfast
Hiked out of the resort down a sketchy dirt road and onto the beach, around the marina (vendors) and up into the cliffs of the penninsula to Lovers Beach
Freakout climb.
Walked back/shortcut
In all 7.8 miles (2miles to the Marina fastest way)
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