Mauna Kea – Run to the Summit
Yesterday I finished my third “highest” in 11 days – first, on June 17, was the run to Sandstone Peak (3,111 feet), the highest point in the Santa Monica Mountains. Next on June 21, I ran up Haleakala (10,023 feet), the highest point on Maui. Then, yesterday, I ran to the top of Mauna Kea…
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Garmin 910XT – Product Review
In January 2010, I wrote a “What I Want” blog post about GPS watches. At the time I was considering buying a GPS watch, but I wasn’t happy with the available options. I was also struggling with the question of whether I wanted a GPS watch at all. I have a tendency to get a little…
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Run to the Sun – Haleakala Summit Run
This post is mostly about my 36 mile run in Maui from Paia Bay to the summit of Haleakala at 10,023 feet. But since over the past five days I’ve done two amazing runs, I want to write about both of them. Each run was about the same distance, but that’s pretty much where the…
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Vega Energizing Smoothie – Product Review
A few weeks ago, my friends at Vega sent me some samples of another new product to try. It’s called Vega Energizing Smoothie. Unlike the Vega Sport products that I reviewed in February, the Energizing Smoothie isn’t necessarily targeted at athletes. Instead, it’s for anyone (including athletes) who want a quick and easy, on-the-go, energy and…
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2012 “A” Race
I’ll admit it, my post on Sunday night was far too cryptic. I wasn’t trying to hide anything, I was just excited to get the post up but was too tired and lazy to write anything else. And, yes – if you didn’t figure it out – that was the elevation profile for The Bear…
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Monthly Summary – May 2012
Here’s May 2012: Swim: 3,700 meters Cycling (outdoors): 25.0 miles Cycling (indoors): 0 (hours) Run: 267 miles Strength Training/Yoga: 3 sessions Approximate monthly total training time: 49 hours Weight: ??? This year is just flying by. What happened in May? I ran and ran and ran. I didn’t run the mileage that I was running in 2010 when I…
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“Finding Ultra” by Rich Roll – Book Review
Last week, Rich Roll was kind enough to send me a pre-release copy of his new book Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself. The book comes out next Tuesday but it’s available for pre-order on Amazon now. Finding Ultra is a great book about Rich’s transformation…
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A Day in the Mountains
On Saturday, for the first time since racing AC 100 in July 2010, I spent a day running in the Angeles National Forest. And it was an awesome day. Colin and Sally are both running their first AC 100 this summer and they wanted to get a long training run on the course. Of course, I…
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Winter Shoe Round-Up – K-Swiss K-Ruuz 1.5 and Skechers Go Run
Although I haven’t been doing much of it lately, I really like thinking about, reading about, writing about and generally nerding out about running shoes. I’m picky about what I put on my feet for any purpose and especially picky when it comes to running shoes. That being said, I am willing to try just…
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