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race report from AZT300
http://theadrenalinproject.blogspot.com/2013/05/300-miles-of.html

AZT 300

http://theadrenalinproject.blogspot.com/2013/04/azt-300-mtb-ride-countdown-1-week-away.html
prepping the legs, gear, and mind for 300 miles of mtb riding (fully self supported) next week!

music and _______

haven't done a music hit in a while...so here it is. some great bands and music i've been into recently. I like live performances over the music video.

thursday

so me and two buddies went and shredded monarch the other day and brought the gopro. here is the edit my homey tommy made. super fun times! also proving my theory that i am a jack of all trades and master of none.

northwest...

Photo entry from a work trip to Washington and Oregon...no pics of my work (not as interesting) but some cool shots from sail with my buddy, and a cool trail run on Bainbridge Island. Once work slows down a bit in a few weeks i'll get my buttocks in gear and start some structured training.

pumped to be stoked

2013 is looking pretty rad.  I signed up for Leadman and am super excited and a bit nervous like a might poop my pants a little bit. Also launching a project with some other friends/athletes and the feedback has been really terrible....terribly good. It's a collective of like minded athletes competing and training for the sheer joy and love of the mountains and the stuff we love to do...like running really far, mt. biking, xterra, anything that sounds like an endurance challenge or adventure.

http://www.theadrenalinproject.blogspot.com/

-Leadville Leadman-
June---trail marathon
July---50mile mtb race
Aug---100mile leadville mtb race
Aug---100mile leadville run

quality over quantity

As i think about the races and awesomeness that i have been blessed to do since april i am pretty stoked how everything turned out. This year was definitely a quality over quantity season for me. It was tough because i love to race and i guess i like to suffer (as long as its not to long) so not partaking in the battles as often was sometimes tough. I did find myself enjoying the training even more than years past. I was more flexible and adventurous in my training (sounds so cheesy)....instead of doing those 3x10 min repeats and then followed by xx repeats on the :00xxx (i never actually did that much of that stuff)  i just ran and rode. and sometimes i rode a long ways with my running shoes in my pocket...then i ran or got lost, then rode home. i ran my first marathon one tuesday just training for the GC.It felt like the perfect way to do it...all by myself in the mountains with no number and i ran out of water (it was great). I spent the night on the trail one time  (on purpose in a sleeping bag). Sometimes i yell STRAVA super loud when i'm riding with friends. I saw a bear. Already getting stoked for 2013 and some really challenging projects! stay tuned.

I was in Utah for the XTERRA national championships a couple weeks ago...it was great. The weather was killer, the leaves were changing and i had a decent race..(not amazing, but solid) ...i got 2nd for 30-34 and was 27th overall. Back in colorado its CX season. I missed racing CX last season so i converted my cx bike to a single speed and am hyped to do some more races. I did the ADRENALIN CX race in highlands ranch this last weekend. They started all us SS riders 2 minutes behind the cat3 field (was only about 30-40 guys) ...I got 3rd in SS(almost had 2nd) but us top 3 ss riders passed the entire cat3 field except for one guy who was only 30 seconds in front of us. It felt good to suffer like only a CX can (taste blood, get dizzy suffering).
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The highlights of 2012:
-Grand Canyon Run (rim to rim to rim) 44 miles
-Wildflower rush MTB race (crested butte) 2nd in class
-Teva Mt games (3rd place overall) kayak, mtb, run, tt
-Xterra Mt champs (17th overall, 1st in AG)
-Xterra Nationals (27th overall, 2nd in AG)

-Moab adventure xtreme race (1st place team w/Jason Michalak)