Done

We just returned from the closing banquet. Feels like the end of summer camp. The facts: after stage 1 we were 13th out of 23 teams and after 6 stages we finished 8th out of 21 teams in our division, including finishing 7th the last three stages. Got stronger every day, amazing what the body can do! More important than the facts is the experience. Impossible to put in words. Home tomorrow, tired, sore and proud!

Two Down!

Two days down impossible to describe much more than a running event. We are doing well and enjoying the experience but it is butt kicking hard. Went over hope pass today and run 24 miles tomorrow all above 9000 feet last chance to post till don’t know when you are in our thoughts and we are trying our best to represent the bimblers

Let’ get this show on the road

Registration, packing and the orientation dinner made today quite overwhelming. So many details with an event like this and we are pretty anxious tonight. On the bright side the race swag was amazing and we have already met lots of folks from all over the world. Bottom line is we are ready to get this show on the road in the morning!!

A night out at the Savoy

The Prologue:

With so many good running options last weekend — the Gorilla run, the West Rock Challenge, and the Savoy Mountain 22 miler — I had trouble deciding where to run. A few weeks earlier, I had pretty much sold Catamount and Diana on the idea of heading to the Berkshires for some pre-race camping and Savoy. But my motivation flagged on the heels of a stressful week, so as race-day approached, I had to borrow some of their enthusiasm to forge onward. Read more

100 miles from an 11 year old

BR100 was an awesome adventure. We woke at 6 am to get ready to go to our first aid station of the day, we got lost on the way and saw mom anyway. She was surprised!! When we finally got to Shadow Lake, we met up with Brian and Jay. When we saw mom, she was doing pretty darn good!! Read more

The wait is almost over

We are in buena vista basically resting and waiting. Enjoyed an amazing drive over independance pass to get here from aspen today. Our hotel overlooks the collegiate peaks a series of 14000 foot peaks that are breathtaking. Wish we could get to the top of a few but that will need to wait for another day. Race Registration tomorrow supposed to be good swag handed out!!

One step closer to sunday

Last day in Aspen. Lots of mountain weather (sun, rain, sun, storms)but still hiked buttermilk mountain with michele’a sister. We are off to buena vista in the morning. Sorry to leave this wonderful place but looking forward to getting one step closer to Sunday.

It’s a small world

Caught up with our sleep today and then hiked Aspen mountain. Thought we were going from 8000 to 10000 feet but actually got to a little over 11000! Had no altitude issues so that was encouraging. The top was breathtaking and we had a blast taking the gondola down. In the small world deparment, we met a couple on the way up the mountain from Canada who are running transrockies!!

Rocky mountain high

Day one felt like a race day. With a 3 am wake up call 3 flights and a mad dash to catch a flight connection we really put in a long day! All worth it when we saw the mountains! We are spending the next two days in aspen visiting family and getting used to being at 8000 feet. Read more

And so it begins….

…. the bags are packed and they are ready to hit them Rocky Mountains. Hopefully through the wonders of modern technology and good signal availability, we’ll get to hear about progress. Watch this space…..

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