When you dream, dream big. When you picture results, picture great results. And when you visualize your future, visualize the most magnificent future you can.
~RavenHawk

Have a great day!!

"For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream." ~ Emmitt Smith

Summertime is upon us...finally!!! welll... some folks may not be as thrilled as I was. Thrilled??...what is thrilling about hot and humid weather? With only a few weeks til the big run, I'm finally doing some serious road training in hot weather. Over the weekend, I went out west of Keystone lake along Hwy 412. I covered the frontage road from end to end. It was a great training run. I don't think the temps got to what the thermometer showed...but it was close. Happy Trails!!

Road to Badwater

Only 3 weeks away from the start of Badwater Ultramarathon. It's finally coming together. My main concern has been the heat. Around here, it's not HOT!! enough outside. However, for the last month, I've been getting a steady dose of outdoor & indoor heat training. I've got 2 more weeks of intense heat training before tapering. Then I should be ready to go. I am looking forward to this awesome adventure.


Me and Cheryl Zwarkowski. I helped crew/pace her last year. She finished in 44 hours. Just a great lady to be around. She'll be running again this year. Her start time is 8am. Go Cheryl.

Mayor of Badwater, Dr. Ben Jones (Badwater finisher), in the middle. Not sure who the other guy is. He just happened to jump in the photo opt.


Left photo:Dan Jansen and me. Great athlete. Very few amputees to finish Badwater. His story is told on CD "Running on the Sun". Right photo:Jack Denness and I. Just a great lad from London. He had planned on running this year, which would have made him the oldest entrant. This man has finished Badwater numerous times. He is also featured on "Running on the Sun".

Badwater training cont.

I'm just outside of town.

...very long road.

My Badwater training continues. Last week, I was out in Clayton, NM. Elev. 5050. The temps may not be reaching 120 deg, but the conditions were still harsh. Just the elevation itself made up alot for it. And the wind was blowing like crazy. I was able to do some road training. I'll be doing it again this week. Have fun everyone!

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
-Helen Keller

Hope everyone has a great day!

Badwater start times

The field is set. Start groups are assigned. Have you ever asked yourself.... "what in the world have I got myself into?" When I looked at the start times, I was expecting to be in the 6am group...or maybe 8am group...since this was my first time. But they put me with the 10am group...that's the elite group. Holy Crap!!...has the select committee lost their minds? The bar is raised even higher.

However... ever since I started eyeing this race, I've been looking forward to the Badwater challenge. And the 10am group is where it happens. Bring it on!!!

Here's the field: http://www.badwater.com/2009web/2009roster.html