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don't call it a comeback... i could still fall apart (i'm no ll cool j). historical presidence not withstanding - i'm feeling good. the more time off i take the better the knee feels. funny how that works huh?... however mentally i'm going crazy, and i'm certainly not getting in any better shape. i'm hoping to be ready to race in the trioba sprint adventure race (4-10 hours). if i am able

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bee in my bonnet if you will. last winter i took off for a few months to jackson hole. took the amga ski guiding course, an advanced avalanche course.. then spent weeks just backcountry skiing and training before getting frost bite, racing in a 24hr ski mountaineering event and heading home to lick my wounds. it was incredible (except for the black toes). lately i've been feeling like i need

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GREAT MOUNTAIN BIKE! Black 1998 Cannondale F900 - eBay Listing Great light frame in good shape - normal wear from a good year of racing (it's been safely stored since then). Bike comes with full 1 1/8 coversion kit installed. This means you have the option of putting any fork you want on this bike! The standard Cannondale fork or any standard sized 1 1/8 inch fork! Also comes with

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i have to rant here for a second. first i can't find my car. it was either stolen or towed. i rarely drive so it's not uncommon for me to spend some time walking the streets looking for where i parked it last. but i've been around the hood and it isn't here. hmm.. update: my car was stolen, i'm riding my bike to pay the $170 to get it back right now. update: using a screwdriver to start it,

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part of getting what you want is knowing what you have to give up to get it. knee news: right now the knee still hurts. last week after two week of no running i had a great trail run, 3 miles of pretty pain free running. i got very excited and even spoke of "being back". of course the next day i pushed by adding a couple more miles and a climb... and guess what happened? setback #3 began and the

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today i paddled from nwoc in seattle to st eds park in kenmore, wa and back. wind was with me on the way out and wanted to fight me on the way back. i won. good average heartrate. lifting upper body yesterday bit me in the ass for the first hour as i was having issues with those muscle being sore/tired. oh yeah and i got attacked by a shark!.. on shark week!kayaking duration: 4:06:29 distance

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a couple nights ago i finished the may issue (seems a bit early for a may issue?!) of trail runner magazine. on page 22 is a picture of my adventure racing teammate ryan vangorder on a riverboard. but what got me thinking was the run amok colum by brian meltzer "run for your life". he discusses how an injury sent him into a tailspin. i identified immediately with this. not just an injury, but a

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this just in. got in to see my wonderful dr steven hughes, who didn't really have much to work with since i'd been icing so often the injury had calmed down (and it generally doesn't hurt when i walk). he did say he doesn't think it's a "static" injury, meaning not ligaments or meniscus. it's a dynamic issue he thought. this is good news i guess.today i got out and rode 103 miles on the road bike

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today i rode 75 miles in the rain on my road bike. today officially starts my real training for the season. meaning a lot of things.. i'm going to focus and stop messing around. diet and dedication change as of today. i've got an ankle (from c4p) and knee injury (from a high speed bike crash) that are really bothering and scaring me right now. i basically can't run. so i'm going to train on the

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i have a knee injury. i am stupid. these things are working against me right now. yesterday i was helping my buddy cory more into his new house in issaquah. he is a mile from the paraglider landing point from the top of tiger mtn. at first i thought, "i'll just hike up and see how that feels". after putting on an old pair of montrail highlanders that i hadn't ever run in i somehow forgot the plan

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i just had to share this article about slovenian jure robic, 2 time winner of the raam (race across america) - yes it's 7 pages but it's good (thanks cyril). dood is stranger than i am. here is the movie trailer for "24 Solo" the mtn bike movie about chris eatough's attempt at 7 world championships. they interview stamstad for the movie, he's quoted saying "the sport is so hard, you can't

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the best singletrack i found in moab was on my pritchart to hunter canyon run i did on fri 2/2/06. the way out pritchart is entertaining and nice, but it's doubletrack. karl had told me about this run and i was happy with the first half for sure. but once it got on the hunter canyon section i was blown away! so sweet, totally alone on this epic singletrack right next to this big cut out hole in

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it is, after all my 32nd birthday today. yep you missed it - you weren't alone trust me. my mother thought it was my 31st! damn... if she isn't keeping track then who is? alright then, i'm 28 today instead. i got to reminiscing about better times and found a blog i wrote two years ago about my big 3 0 (i was still working at microsoft then). even my mother asked me "where are you right now. what

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ok so i'm running in fruita, co with roch horton. we were on our way back from mexican food and i was talking about maybe signing up for my first 100 mile race. a friend had raved about the big horn 100, and thought it would be a perfect "first 100" for me. roch raved about it being an incredible race, very tough (18,308 ft of gain), beautiful scenary, beautiful trail, well run, great feel, etc.

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went for a quick paddle yesterday in a full on hale storm.. gotta love seattle. yep - it's official - i am no longer a skier. i'm sitting in my condo icing my ankle while it dumps in the cascades... and i don't really care. is that sad? i just have a different focus these days i guess. there will be no wonderland trail record attempts this year. the record rains we got this fall are being

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c4p is a tough one to describe. basically it's an invite only four day ultrarunning event. if you are willing and able you can add two big days before the event called scrub runs where you run the backbone trail (70 miles) through the santa monica mountains. with the scrub runs and some boner miles (that is what they call em) i got about 204 miles of running in 6 days. my biggest running week by

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle

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i'm in moab, utah right now. if you ride a bike on trail you know, moab is the mountain bike mecca of north america. moab in the winter is like a total secret. the trail barely get snow, and it often just melts a few hours into the day. i felt like i was the only trail runner/mtn biker there. this morning i hit the 13 miles of amasa back trail. yep the same trail danelle had her accident on. the

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give up your high paying job, train your ass off, race hard... and good things happen? sometimes. after my performance at the hurt 100km i was named to the montrail-nathan national ultrarunning team! this is very exciting for me, and means a new focus in my solo racing. i just signed my first "professional" contract - weird. the team which includes legends like dave horton, has some of the top

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krissy and i headed to kauai after the hurt 100. we spent 5 days relaxing, sight seeing, going to luau's and just recovering. the last day we hit the na pali coast. i ended up running the 22 mile kalalau trail (11 out, 11 back). what an amazing run! if you ever go to kauai you must do this run, even if it's just a few of the miles you must experience this trail! - i think the photos explain why.

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ran with the original wasatch speed goat today. let's just say i'm no karl meltzer - went out on his bread and butter 9 mile, 2,000 ft gain run with him in little cottonwood canyon, sandy ut- awesome trail, beautiful day. ah yeah, he would basically drop me on every big climb, then wait for me, then drop me again. i have a long way to go my friends.. but it's the journey right? gear tidbit: in

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the 2007 winter outdoor retailer show ended yesterday. i'm glad it's over. i also think my buddy steve should quit his high paying job at yahoo and come run one of these companies... the outdoor industry needs you buddy! product highlights: montrail's new nitrous shoeblack diamonds whole new ski linenuun's new kona cola flavor (it's got 40mg of caffeine!!) teko corn socks - totally renewable

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aloha from salt lake city, ut! i'm here for the winter outdoor retailer show. should be a blast.. and of course a lot of work. these silly english folk talk funny. it's 9 degrees out right now. a few of us skied snowbird yesterday - terrible. i am admittedly a ski snob, and if i pay $65 for a ticket and $45 for ski rental - i want an epic day! i would rather ski tour and yesterday just

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in the world of ultramarathons there are a couple races that are feared... even a newbie like myself knows that the hardrock 100 and the hurt 100 are considered two of the toughest 100 milers. with krissy heading to oahu to race in this years hurt 100 miler i could not resist the temptation to give their 100k (62 miles) race a try. saturday morning at 4:45am karl meltzer, krissy moehl and i

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here is the quick and dirty on the hurt 100 2007. krissy ran the most amazing and consistent five 20 mile loops ever witnessed. she broke the course record and came in second overall in the 100 mile race. i ran well in the 100k race and felt good. after a couple 20 mile laps i knew i could most likely break the course record for the 100k (13:38?) so i went for it. after three 20 mile loops i

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