Cool Article

Forgot to post this earlier, but here's a great article from fairly recently in the Seattle Times on Brock, Carkeek 12 Hour, etc.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2008382933_nwwextreme130.html

Sweet Carkeek 12 Hour Video

A BIG thanks to Michael Hanson for putting this sweet video together! Due to having to shrink the file, etc. it won't look quite as perfect on here as it actually is, but I think it's still incredible!
ENJOY!

Lake WA run

Well, after an awesome time at the Carkeek 12 Hour and a great day of fun, I ended the day with only about 4 miles of running- one loop to mark the course and one loop to unmark it. Ah well. So, feeling a bit like a slacker (ok, quite a bit like a slacker), I decided I needed to go on my own adventure to get some good mileage in. So Tues. evening I went for a sweet loop run around Lake Washington that made for about a 50ish mile run. I ran into a pretty massive rain/hail storm but other than that, it was great. It was funny- I talked to a friend recently and he asked if I went for any fun runs lately. I told him I ran Lake WA last week and he wasn't very impressed, but was supportive and said, "oh that's like what 8 or 10 miles?" Clearly he was thinking of Lake Union right next to Lake WA, but it's all good. Haha.

The 2 most noteworthy and/or interesting occurrences on this run; 1) While right next to the water of Lake WA, I had the Damien Rice song "Cold Water" stuck in my head on repeat for a long long time. 2) While running through Capitol Hill I was suddenly reminded that it was election day (my little "I voted today" sticker on my jacket fell off in the hail storm...) and it was readily apparent who won as people poured out of the bars screaming and cheering and honking horns and just plain going crazy. Very surreal indeed.

Carkeek 12 Hour!!!

Just a reminder to sign up for the Carkeek 12 Hour if you haven't already, as the price increases after tomorrow (10/24)! Check out all the details here; www.carkeek12hour.com , but it's shaping up to be an incredible race this year with especially great support from The North Face and Caffe Vita! Hope to see you all out there on the super fun (albeit super hard) trails of Carkeek on Nov. 1 !

www.carkeek12hour.com

Hawaii was Fantastic!

Kirsten and I had an amazing time in Hawaii this past week and a half, and it was incredibly relaxing to just "be" and not have to worry about day to day stresses of life. We went surfing, kayaking, swimming, went for a super gnarly hike/run all the way up and down the Na Pali Coast (that's the pic here), and just enjoyed relaxing together. It's kind of funny that one sometimes has to go so far away to get away from the stress of life (although the direct flight to Kauai was definitely easy and nice), but I'm trying to adopt the idea of "being on island time" and that more relaxed low stress lifestyle even now that we're back in Seattle. Having been to Hawaii only once before (during the 50 marathons and then only for about 15 hours or so), this trip was a wondeful time to really explore Hawaii a bit more and we both loved it!

Gone til November

Well, not quite gone til Nov., but couldn't resist the Wyclef Jean song title since it's almost appropriate. Kirsten and I are voyaging into the deep unkown- offline, and finally going on a long overdue and much needed real vacation (i.e., not centered around some lengthy running adventure or race), and can hardly wait. No phones, no computer, no email, just pure relaxing and enjoying. We’ll be in Kauai for the next while, but will return in about a week and half- full of Vitamin D that we are lacking in Seattle and full of pictures I’m sure! Who knows, we may even sneak a few runs in here and there…

Also, be sure to check out the Carkeek 12 Hour race, and get registered soon! www.carkeek12hour.com

Brock is the man!

Well, I already knew Brock was one of the fittest real men on the planet, but now everyone else does too! What an awesome training partner to have! Way to go Brock! Check him out in this month's Outside magazine feature!