tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12205564771526669572012-02-16T04:34:47.626-08:00Badwater Death Valley start of the 135Normhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13171416066912405512noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220556477152666957.post-41964977797062625602011-08-20T11:44:00.000-07:002011-10-17T16:12:12.871-07:00

Arrived in Portland on Thursday aftnoon by Amtrak and had a great ride. Portland Northwest Hostel, a great inexpensive place to stay in Portland. Built in 1894 as a private home on the riverfront, sold in 1095 and new owners had the house moved to present location. They lifted the building placed it on skids and oxen drug it up hill to its present location which is about 2 miles from the

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A great new Palm Springs, Calif. area running event. A 6/12/24 hour running/walking event at Lake Cahuilla in neighboring La Quinta, Ca. a beautiful setting in the Coachella Valley. Saturday and Sunday November 5th and 6th, 2011. You will find a well marked course in a loop along the lake front. The worlds greatest Aid Station with food, drinks and lots of runner snacks. Early entry now open for

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Here I am in beautiful downtown Portland Or. I’m having a week’s vacation of relaxation, running and Yes - Beer, the Mini Brewery capital of America. Portland has 27 Mini Breweries in the downtown area, plus great running in 2 Regional Parks that are very close to downtown.Start of a morning run in Forest Park (about 2 miles from downtown). This is a very large park with trails and Bike Paths. I

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Death Valley July 2010135 Miles of Bad RoadRace PreparationOne of the Badwater Queens ( Anita) putting necessary name and runner number on chase vehicle. The day before the race we make all preparation. An unusual saying on the name and number sign (It received a lot of attention throughout the race). This was our crew vehicle loaded and ready to go. We replenished Ice & Water throughout the

Normhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13171416066912405512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220556477152666957.post-33375313138835032002010-06-17T15:55:00.000-07:002010-06-24T10:38:13.128-07:00

View from the course of the San Diego 100 Mile course June 12-13, 2010. Great mountain/valley views, a rather difficult course (you should love that) and a good race to participate in. The main support vehicle for the Aid Station was The Henderson Express, their home (on wheels) and it works well as an Aid Station center of activities. We could not have done without it. Cooking facilities, extra

Normhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13171416066912405512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220556477152666957.post-81213198290948973362010-06-06T10:52:00.000-07:002010-06-06T17:22:16.297-07:00

Photo courtesy Jenny Henderson Photo above was on 1st day of training runs l eft Jenny & Joey on rightThe Western States 100 Mile Race Training runs are on Memorial day Weekend each year. This year I was lucky enough to go with Dave , Jenny Henderson and Joey Bryan. Jenny is training for the race which is June 26/27th 2010. We run 20 some miles segment of the race course each

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I arrived at the Wildflower Race start at 06:30 am. Packet pickup was from 6;30-7:30 with the race starting at 8:00 am. A few runner had arrived ahead of me and talking, and waiting for the registration /packet pickup to start. This race was being run along the Sacramento river near Red Bluff, Ca.As I approached the Race Headquarters and packet pickup area, I could see there were a number of

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My weekend adventure at the San Diego 100 mile race - volunteering to help at an Aid Station was about as much fun as actually running the race.Our Volunteer Aid Station group arrived at varying times Friday .Dave & Jenny Henderson and Norm arrived lunch time along with our radio operator. Joey and Leslie Bryan arrived after work late evening. The Henderson’s ands the Radio Operation both brought

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Here we go again, my latest running event was the Paso Robles 5K. I want with the South Coast Road Runners on what was to be a bus trip running and Wine tasting. It turns out we didn’t have enough runners for a bus so we car pooled. We arrived on Sat afternoon and went to two winerys before checking in at out hotelView of the grounds of the local Paso Robles Country ClubWe had a late lunch at the

Normhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13171416066912405512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220556477152666957.post-55476492353015844702009-03-19T16:39:00.000-07:002009-03-19T19:09:47.121-07:00

It was another wonderful weekend on Catalina Island for the Marathon plus 5K and 10K with friends Jenny and Dave Henderson and Jane and Larry Burskirk.Besides runners there were a lots of divers out over the weekend.Here the finish line for all three races. The three races had over a thousand runners between them. Notice all the onlookers. The finish line was in its usual place near thewater

Normhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13171416066912405512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220556477152666957.post-32430735733462897602009-02-17T12:34:00.000-08:002009-02-17T19:14:26.077-08:00

Catalina for the 50 mile runCatalina Express at Avalon I went to Avalon in mid Jan withfriends for the 50 miler. After arriving and discussing my training and current condition I decided not to attempt it.On the pier talking to friendsI finally decided to go out with the 50 mile runners and run to the airport then back to Avalon a total of 24 miles.The old casino at AvalonIt was a great weekend

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