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Continental Homes 10K in Phoenix from 1983

Featuring Phoenix when it was still a smallish town and runners like Alberto Salazar.  Enjoy!

REM

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Pictures from Xterra Arizona and Yavapai soccer tournament

I dont know what happened, I had a nice little recap typed up with descriptions of the race, a little bit about the soccer tournament and some other stuff and now it is all gone.  Sometimes I curse WordPress.  How does all of that just disappear?  Oh well, here are the darn pictures.  Stupid internet.

 

In very short recap, for the race it is a beautiful route with some challenging climbs and fast decents.  I was feeling good until mile 10.5 when my stomach started to feel really strange almost like I had lead weights dropped in it.  Also from mile 2 until almost 4 there was a guy in the front of the pack who was really slow and he would not move over to allow anyone to pass him.  The trail was very narrow through this section, and he had looked back several times so he knew he was holding everyone back.  That alone cost me probably 5 minutes.  Add the stomach issues and I was about 10-15 minutes behind where I thought I would finish as I was running to run, not racing anyone or any thing.  I will do it again.

Prescott was fun, my son reminded me of myself when he started to wax poetic about how it was his last game with coach Josh and how he didn’t get to say goodbye to some of his teammates who played on Saturday but not on Sunday.

A few quick hits

I dont have much time this morning as we are getting ready to head to the parks for yet another weekend of soccer tournaments, and if my wife catches me on the computer I am dead meat.  So…

I registered for the Xterra Black Canyon half marathon, don’t know why but I did.  It will be fun, butt kicking hard but good.  They posted some pictures on Facebook and the streams are flowing high and fast due to the recent snow and rain up North.

Uhhh…this guy has everything in order regarding running.

And here are a few motivational pictures. 

360 photos from Sedona run

I really like the 360 app for the iPhone, it takes some sweet photos.  Here are some links to a few I took recently.

Photo #1

Photo #2

I had a third, but it apparently didnt upload or save to my phone.  Well, in its place are more I have taken at other places.

Snowbowl, Flagstaff AZ  Slushbowl, I was moving too fast and got some blurs.

Another Sedona that is wobbly.

 

I havent made up my mind if I am going to run the Xterra Black Canyon Sunday.  I ran 7 miles today and my legs were dead, and I was just not feeling it at all.  I don’t really want to go all the way up there for a 9K, but just might if I don’t get it done for the half marathon.  I ran a decent 9 in Sedona and did a good 16 miles 3 weeks ago, but with the elevation gains and 2 stream crossings, I might just be a bit out of my required fitness level.  We will see.  Maybe a last second online registration tonight.

LA Marathon

I see that Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers ran the LA Marathon in 3:41:49.  Pretty impressive for a 49 year old rock and roll dude.  I have read before that he was a pretty avid runner getting out while on tour and what not, so good for him.

 

Here is a link to his result.