Mandy - Bert's wife is way cooler than he is.

I certainly can't argue with this. 

 

 

Now I need to figure out my strategy for Lhotse 24 hour.  I've never done a timed race so will probably spend the next month researching what all to bring and how to execute so I make my 50 mile goal.

 

Based on the last few technical trails and my inability to finish makes me think I need to stick to rail trail or timed events that don't have courses too difficult for me to navigate.  My brain keeps wanting to do epic things but my body is like "whoa there cowgirl" let's step back a bit. I love the trails and enjoy having people out there but perhaps hiking would be a better activity, one without cutoffs I would have trouble making.

Search through the posts, especially the race reports, in the Running Against Time FB group.  Pay special attention to anything posted by Bob Hearn (bhearn on RA).  Here's a link to a Google.doc that has a bunch of links to race reports.  Most are by top level runners, but we can still learn a lot from them to apply at our level.

I've pretty much come to the same conclusion as far as race selection goes.  I look for less then 3000 ft of gain in a 50K and as non-technical a trail as possible. Then look for extremely generous cutoff times because there are longer race distances also offered.  That's why I chose Lean Horse 30M.  The rest of my races for the year are all fixed time, though I'm still looking at Black Canyon 60K next February (12 hour cutoff).

8.5 very technical miles with a lot of elevation. This is the first time that I’ve runnthe most technical and steepest trails in my area in a long time. I’m sure I trashed my legs again, but so be it. It was just too much fun out there to not do it.

Im watching the weather as we might get some serious hail in the next few hours. I covered my cars windshield, so I’m sure it’s not going to be nearly as bad as last tome when I had not covered it and the hail left a lot of tiny craters in the windshield.

Edit: Oops, just saw we have a tornado watch and severe hail warning. 

Dhuff: what did you do to receive such bad karma?  You probably are building up a credit here. I hope it will be applied soon for you!

Berto: Absolutely badass, the dress with the boots! Love it!

Berto how come your outfit screams  Mid-West and the wife’s screams New York City!!! And do you guys every sing Green Acres on the porch 

all joking aside....yes she looks awesome.  I remember the last picture of her she had a sweater on thst I totally loved

 

+1 !!!

 

Mandy - Love the Simpsons!

 

Sue & FTYC - Yes, I have a lot more fish to catch to make it financially justifiable.  But this catch is priceless. 

 

 

Of course, I tried to tell DW to dress appropriately for fishing, but she obviously had her own idea. 

 

 

LB2 - I feel like everything has shifted by a month in terms of seasonal changes.  Sorry to hear about the horseflies.

 

QOTD:  Nothing yet (knock on wood), but I'm pretty paranoid of ticks.

 

Finally caught a decent fish near our cabin.  And we cooked this beauty of a brown trout for dinner the same day.  Can't get much fresher that this!   Oh yeah, the t-shirt was to support warden. 

 

I agree that things seem to have shifted a month behind. I sort of noticed something was strange with our turkey season this year. It was just weird, and not in a good way. That was the same case in the upper Mid-West. In NW Nebraska, last week, hens were still grouped up with gobblers pretty good from what my cousin reported to me. They were more interested in scouting for mule deer, but they were hunting turkeys. Anyway, that late in the season, it should either be all over with or just insanely good. It was just sort of like the mid-season doldrums. Most likely, the weird weather pushed nesting back or hens lost nests and had to start over.

That is a nice fish.