http://www.ultrajay.com Gettin' Dirty Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:14:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Feb 1 marks the start of training for the Holcomb Valley 50k. The race is at elevation, roughly 7000ish feet so it should be challenging. The race is mid June giving me about 4.5 months to get ready. This will be plenty of time to get ready. One of the ... http://www.ultrajay.com/training-time-again/ This week, Bryan Sheasby and I did a day hike up the Vivian Creek Trail in hopes of reaching the top of San Gorgonio. We started out on the trail a few minutes after 7:00am. We got our permit ahead of time to get a jump start on the trail. ... http://www.ultrajay.com/adventure-friday-vivian-creek-trail/ Here are some pics from our last hike a few weeks ago. [nggallery id=1] http://www.ultrajay.com/mount-san-bernadino-hike/ So the big race is less than 2 weeks away and I am feeling great! I feel pretty confident! The nice thing about destination races is that you get to be on vacation, whie you race! I am really looking forward to vacation just as much as I am racing. ... http://www.ultrajay.com/all-set-for-june-lake-olympic/ All right! Today was my last fiesta brick before my race. The workout was 15 minutes run z2, 4 loops bike (FAST), 15 min run z3. I ran today in the Saucony Fastwitch. This show is incredible - Super light (7.4 oz) and when combined with the insole from a ... http://www.ultrajay.com/another-fiesta-brick/ Today Doc, Paul, Carrie, Stephen, Tom and I drove up to Julian to do a trail run down to a waterfall. Known by the "locals" as the "punch bowl" it is a 50+ foot waterfall with a big pool at the bottom that you can swim in and rock jump ... http://www.ultrajay.com/trail-running-dream/ With the PCT50 in the past (not completed) my focus has shifted back to multi-sport. With just a little over a month until the June Lake Olympic Tri, my training is in full swing. With growing frustrations related to Magento and increased amounts of time put into exploring the world ... http://www.ultrajay.com/tri-ing-to-focus/ Today I did another test run on the leg! I ran 5.3 miles in Tecolote Canyon with Doc. The leg felt great the whole time. I am STOKED about this and it looks like, as of now, I will still be doing the PCT 50! I had 4 weeks @ ... http://www.ultrajay.com/solid-53/ Yesterday I rode with the folks from the San Diego Triathlon Club on the Great Western Loop. Holy crap that is a good ride, and by good I mean TOUGH. This happened to be the exact ride where 2 years ago I hit the guard rail and ended up in ... http://www.ultrajay.com/the-return-to-cycling-running/ This morning I went out to Mission Trails Park and did 90 minutes of mountain biking. It was my second time mountain biking in years and it was a total blast! My buddy Steven let me borrow his mountain bike and I definitly rode it hard. The trails out there ... http://www.ultrajay.com/rockin-the-trails/