Cheyenne Canon Ale

Cheyenne Canon Ale released tonight. Thinking of running the Canya Canon route, then up to the top of High Drive, then back down via the chutes. Then to the brewery for some post-climb refreshment.

Barr Camp

Decent run up to Barr Camp today. Saw lots of friends I haven't seen in a long time: No Name Creek, 7.8 Mile Sign, Neal & Teresa.

After visiting San Fran and seeing the layout of the city, as well as remembering how much shit I've talked about the Ascent, I've dropped SF to a B race and will concentrate on Barr Trail the next 1.5 months. Not sure when I'll get another shot to PR the Ascent, so I need to take advantage of it. Will still shoot for a sub-3 in SF, then work on getting a new PR at Wisconsin Dells.

Ryan Hall

The lord works in mysterious ways. From Ryan Hall's twitter page:

"I think some crazy drunk college kid that was running in Eugene and decided to push me over broke my elbow."

Should lead to some interesting letsrun troll comments, here's the link.

For the record, I was in San Fran all weekend, nowhere near Eugene. Says something about American distance running that our greatest talent can't outrun a drunk college kid.

peace, love, & haight

Awesome Monday morning spent in Haight-Ashbury. Also visited Jerry's old house:

Huge score as I grabbed a 1992 Lithuania hoops shirt from the local Goodwill for $8.99. Dead shirts in the other stores were running $40.

Michigan Bluff

Two ultra studs pulling off their best brownie impression, sitting around at an aid station all afternoon...

21

Vacation hangover, and the fact that I haven't done a push up or sit up in a long time, combined to push me up to 20:27 this afternoon. First 20+ time in quite a while.

Will try to get all the San Fran/Western trip posted tomorrow. Awesome time!

Park Chalet Brewing, San Fran

Auburn Alehouse

Cassidy finished in 29:34!

Jupiter Brewing

Berkeley

California

Flying to San Francisco and then headed directly to Squaw Valley. Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!

Colorado beer

Found this article while reading about the drunkest states in the nation (Colorado is #10, FYI). Penned back in 2008, it says there are 74 breweries within 100 miles of downtown Denver. Today, that number is well over 100!

San Juan video

Mr. John T. Sharp's latest video, this one from the San Juan Solstice. He passed me while I was in the bar.

annoying SF fundraising

Using a race for fundraising is one of my big pet peeves. I keep getting e-mails from Sophia Bush and the San Francisco Marathon asking for loot for some celebrity cause. There are definitely things I'd pay her for, but saving the trees isn't one of 'em. To make it even worse, I find out today that she's not even running the marathon. She's only doing the 5K. Ugh. Hell, Valerie Bertanelli at least ran Boston (I crushed her, FYI).

So no, I'm not going to pay several hundred dollars to attend some pasta fest with Ms. Bush, whom I assume is some reality TV star. However, maybe post race I'll pull one of these and get some good views...

(Sorry, I just had to work that Boulder article into a post somehow)

Benny's mystery shot

Before:

After:

Pretty sure it was gasoline.

Alferd Packer

Supposidly this is where it all went down. I highly suggest watching this movie to learn the history of the Lake City cannibal. Shpadoinkle!

San Juan

13:34:30. Went really, really hard on the uphills. Went really, really easy on the downhills. Just didn't feel like racing that day, so I didn't. Only had one bad stretch, the new dirt road along Lake San Cristobal, but at the end of that section someone handed me a Ranger IPA so it was all good.

Hoping they post the aid station splits. To say I wasted 90 minutes on the day goofing off at aid stations might be too little. I remember checking into Vickers at 11:59, then covering the final 3.5 miles to finish in 13:34. That included a stop at the Packer Saloon about 200 meters from the finish line.

Still, had a lot of fun being in the mountains and BSing with the MOP guys. I'd be more than OK with a year in which I only got to race twice - San Juan and Hardrock.

Best part of the weekend was the post race pub crawl. Packer Saloon, Restless Spirits ($2 bottles of Dixie!), and the Depot. Good times!

Action shot of me during the race. You can tell I'm in a hurry.

50 grand for not paying attention!

That idiot who rode his bike into the back of a parked city vehicle settled for 50 grand. Read about it here. What a country we live in.

Almost had my truck hit by a cyclist on Cimmaron Road (highway 24) the other day. No bike lane and lots of traffic. Within two blocks of HWY 24 we have Colorado Ave (has bike lanes and much less traffic), Pikes Peak Ave (almost no traffic and more than enough room for bikes and cars), and a brand new paved hike-and-bike path. Unbelievable.