Trail Running

Cat’s Tail 2014 Race Trial

After I did the Manitou Revenge, I kept in touch with its Race Director, Charlie Gadol. He was a very knowledgeable person when it came to running or hiking in Catskill and up-state NY area. Then, few months after the Manitou Revenge race, he emailed me if I would be interested to participate in his running event. The run was point to point from Fox Hollow over Panther, Giant Ledge, then Slide, Cornell and Wittenberg, finishing in Woodland Valley. It would be timed and there would be an aid station on the half way point. He also wanted to make this as a real race in the future.

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Blues Cruise 50K 2014 – Let Me Cruising

Distance : 50K
Finish : 4:56:49
Rank : #32 (overall)

This was my second year of doing this race. Blue Cruise 50K was a really good race, not too crazy or too technical, but still not easy by any means. The course had enough hill that you would curse your legs 2/3 of the race, especially if you did not pace yourself. This race also one of my favorites, the RD was awesome, the aid stations were stocked (they had bacon at the last aid station), the volunteer was very nice and always lifted up our spirit, and the best one was the swag; the best swag ever.

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Sloppy Lazy Bum – Sat, 4 Oct 2014 13:00:00

“When in doubt. Train!”
Sensei Viscovich – TSMMA

I supposed to start to do my training season 3 this week, for my upcoming Pinhoti 100 race in November. But this lazy bum had a waking up early problem. So I had missed all my morning run except on Tuesday.
No one never trusted me when I said that I was a slacker. But truly I was. I did not train as much as my fellow runners. Wether on putting mileage over a week, cross training or just strength/stretching training.
And this morning, I woke up a bit late, it was raining, and my head was a bit heavy from 4 glasses of beer the night before. So it was a perfect day for me to go back to sleep. But while I was making my coffee, I heard Steven Tyler talking about success and persistence on the radio. I just realized that it was exactly what I needed and  the only thing that I was good at, was persistent. So I kicked my butt to get into my running shoes. I drove to New Paltz and decided to do a short fast run in the Gunks. My kind of fast, not elite fast. And the Gunks was perfect. It was not technical at all, but it has a pretty good rolling hills. It was pouring but still it was a beautiful trail, plus no one in there so I had all the trail for myself.
When I drove, I thought if it was worth to drive all the way there just to do a short run, and it was. I could run freely in the fresh air, the mist between the trees kinda magical, and I felt relax and happy.

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  • Activity: Running
  • Distance: 8.86 mi
  • Duration: 01:12:11
  • Average Speed: 7.36 mph
  • Average Pace: 08:08 min/mi
  • Calories Burned: 917
  • Start Time: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 13:00:00

Season 3 Is On

After 35 days of slacking, I decided that I needed to start my season 3 training. I went to Mt Tammany (it s a hill) and did only 3 washing machine loop, Javelina Jundered style. Thank you to NJ for closing the highway 7 and 1-9 , I was got lost a bit in NJ. Also, still without a smart phone, I could only guess it was 10 miles total in 3 hours (ish).

There were a few cool things about today run. Somehow we had a thick fog in the morning, and when I got to the peak of the hill, it seemed like a cloud. Make me felt like in the high altitude mountain. I missed Mont Blanc. The other thing that was cool, they just renew the trail sign. They were more clear, specially on the small scrambling area.

Well it was a good short hill repeat, but “I ll be back”

BEAR MOUNTAIN LOVE AND HATE #9 : Sunday – September 07, 2014

After 2 weeks and a half in the Alps, I missed my backyard mountain, The Bear Mountain. So I drove up on Sunday morning to the Silver Mine Lake to do a small loop run and a few hill repeat.

When I arrived at the Silver Mine Lake, I just realize I only brought a set of big bottles. One for tailwind mix and the other for water, but I did not bring any hand-held bottle for the loop. Also since my phone was broken, so I had no tracking device, online map, no photos, etc. Somehow, I made it more interesting, accidentally, I also forgot to bring any maps.

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