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106.5 miles. My furthest yet. Started with Andy and rode out to the 67 via Scripps Poway Parkway. Came back to Torrey Pines via Pomerado and Miramar Road, then split off from Andy at 46 miles and headed north to Oceanside Harbor, then turned around and rode home. Stiff headwinds all the way up, a nice tailwind home. Felt good all day.

Thursday night lap around the bay. Quickest one yet as I was chasing Jason and Patrick. Didn't catch them, but still finished in 59:57.

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Ran 7 tonight on the old route over the bridges and through Balboa Park, finishing with the Vermont St. bridge back to home. Had to dress warm and my legs felt heavy and hot. Took about 55 minutes.

Ran 2 miles down to the Holiday Bowl 5k with Brent and Nena. Ran the 5k alongside Brent in 21:25 or so, starting out at an 8:30 pace in the crowd and ramping up each mile to a 6:00 for the last half mile. Ran home afterward, for a total of 6.7 miles.

Ran a weird 16 miles today. Started with an easy 4.4-mile warm up, then raced the Jingle Bell 5k in Balboa Park in 20:02. Then followed it with an 8.5-mile run to the Embarcadero and back up the 6th Ave hill.

47 mile ride with a big group out of Carmel Valley, up the coast to La Costa, then out to Escondido and back via Del Dios Highway. Ran 8 miles with Randy afterward, from Carmel Valley up to the Torrey Pines visitor center and back.

Ran 12 miles with the Stephen Burch group at Mission Trails. Joined Brent, Erin, Randy, and Stephen running up Jackson Drive and the Cowles Mountain Trail. Back to the east side of the park via Mission Gorge Road and West Hills Parkway. Brutal run, with tons of climbing.

Palm Springs Century ride. Not my first 100 mile ride, but my first as part of an event. Cool, sunny weather. Struggled a bit from about mile 70-85, then got a second wind.

1:14 run up the Boulder Creek path. Cold to start, with icy patches along the trail. Tailwind on the way out with a headwind coming back down the canyon. Ran with Ryan.

12 around the bay with SDTC RnR group. Felt good and fast.

Ran the Diamond Valley Lake Marathon. 136 runners, small-time event. Despite being in Hemet, it was a beautiful course with 20 miles of dirt road. Met some great people on the run: some ultramarathoners and some people who were doing the Carlsbad Full the next day. Cool weather, even drizzly during the 1st 6 miles. Finished in 3:43, for 29th overall. Great race overall, would do it again.

1st day of RnR training for '09. Ran a 14.5 mile route through Balboa Park, North and South Park with Cuong, Katrina, and Randy. Weather was rainy and cold.

Woke up this morning in Virginia Beach, and ran the Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon, starting at 7am EDT, 4am PDT. The sun was out from the start and the humidity was high, making for a tough race. I finished in 1:45:54. Raced to the airport to fly to LA, where Vic picked me up and drove to the LA Coliseum for the Nike Human Race 10k, which started at 11:31pm EDT, 8:31pm PDT. Weather was cool, no sun, no humidity. Ran my fastest 6 miles of the day though I was smoked by Vic.

Nice 36 mile recovery ride from Doyle Park in University City up the coast to La Costa Ave and back.

40 mile bike from 4S Ranch through Rancho Santa Fe and La Costa Ave to the Coast Highway. Back on Via de la Valle and San Dieguito. Felt good the whole way.

40-mile ride from 4S Ranch through Rancho Santa Fe and the Coast Highway, followed by a 4-mile run with Randy, Alex, and Monica. The ride had about 15-20 riders, and was my first group ride. Not much time in the aerobars, but a fast, fun ride that went by quick. 2:20 ride time; 0:33 run time.

Ran the Surf City Marathon this morning. Set out quick, figured last week's marathon would bite me after mile 16. It didn't. I was able to go strong the entire way to PR at 3:28:57. Sun came out at mile 10 but it never got hot.

Ran from my hotel about a mile down to the start of the Palm Springs Half Marathon. Ran the half marathon. Started out with Cuong, but separated early and ran a surprisingly good race, especially considering the bike ride the previous day.

Ran the San Dieguito Half Marathon this morning. Planned to go easy and finish between 1:45 and 1:50, but hooked up with Noah at mile 4 and yapped all the way to mile 12 before attacking the long hill to the finish. Finished in 1:40:07.

Had my ass handed to me today. My first snowshoe race, a 10k as part of the Beaver Creek Snowshoe Adventure Series. The race had 1800 feet of climbing and started at an elevation around 7900 ft, topping out at 9000 ft. The course went up many steep ski runs and across several catwalks and even through some fresh powder singletrack. Legs and lungs burned the entire way. Finished 30th out of 85, 15th of 17 in my age group. Lots of fun and I hope to get to do another one.

58 mile group ride with Michelle Barber's crew. An interesting day that had several flats, a broken spoke, and a fall among the group. Left the group at mile 35 and hammered down the coast and up Torrey Pines solo.

Snuck in a 20-mile ride out to Cabrillo Monument and back before dark, then followed it with a fast 4-mile run.

Out and back to South Shores Park with Jameson, Lindsey, and Patrick. 5 miles total; easy last run before Surf City.

Last track workout of 2008. 12 x 200 with a 2-mile cool down with Cuong and Brent.

The regular Tuesday track workout was canceled because of a school event on the track, so I did a 5 mile tempo run around Balboa Park, starting and ending in the track parking area. Did 8 minute miles with bursts of 7 minute pace, for an average of 7:36 for the run.

Track club workout. Still sore from Snowshoe race.

Track club workout @ Balboa Stadium. 3-person relays, consisting of 12x200 with calisthenics in between. Followed up by a 2-mile cooldown run with Cuong and others.

Did about half of the track club workout tonight. Still recovering from Diamond Valley and prepping for Surf City this weekend. 1.75 mile run of 200 run, 100 recovery.

Rode 30 around the bay with Andy, then stopped for 3 Racer 5s at the Wits End.