Notes
2015 Race #1. Trail #1.
PRE-GAME. Thursday night in Petaluma, Friday in Oakland, then Nate picks me up in San Jose Friday evening. We stop off in Scott's Valley (close to the Cruuuz) for just a couple on the way home. Yeah, just a couple. Like that would ever happen... So many characters at this fairly empty sports bar from the bartender, who figured I might as well be British. Ducks on a pond man! Bomert, who figured I might as well be an Aussie. Joe, the greatest non-professional songwriter of all time and one of the more annoying people you would meet at a sports bar. Dressed smart casual, drinking wine, getting worked up about politics and religion, before rapping an unfinished rap to/at us that he apparently wrote twenty years ago. Nate finished it for him. Fortunately. Who raps unfinished raps?! Electric Terry, Saul/Zaoul, Jay, meetings out the back entrance of the bar as well. All good.
Got home. Dealt with the scrumpy to settle the stomach and then to bed.
RACE. Up at 6am as we had to be out the door by 7:15. Rough, but got it done. Arguably, did not feel at all pumped about doing a trail run. For like five seconds. It's the only way to do it! Basically the 5K course was straight up. Then straight back down. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Nate had some kid on him telling him about his neighbour's pet rabbit on the way up, whereas I had an EZ convo with an old guy on the way down. Much better that way. As expected, the weather was clear and sunny and heated up during the race. Sweated out the BOOOOZ. Hard trail and no river crossings. Hey, it's California.
Killed a breakfast bagel on the way home. Almost certainly a beer for lunch POOLSIDE.