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8 Hours of Adrenalin

ChrisGraber — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:17:03 -0700

Last weekend my brother and I competed as team "GO JAMIE!!" in the new 2 man 8 hour category at Hurkey Creek near Idyllwild, CA.

We've done lots of these races in the past, but always in the 24 hour category. With kids and busy schedules we thought it'd be fun to relax a bit and actually sleep at night. We competed in support of Jamie Whitmore the Xterra world champ who is battling cancer, and got a few donations from fellow riders to help her cover her skyrocketing bills. We didn't have any amazing lap times or anything, we just did it for fun. It was a blast an reminded me why I love mountain biking so much. The mountain air was awesome.

I had some interested onlookers as I loaded up my gel flask with some homemade 'gu' recipe consisting of organic dates, agave, dulse, lime zest. Vegan power! Now if I could only make my commitment to excellent nutrition equal to my commitment to actually training!

One of the best parts was on the 2nd morning when an older woman who was in the solo category crossed the line after her last lap (her 12th! - about 120 miles) and they asked her how old she was. She didn't look a day older than 50, but she replied over the mic "I'm 64!". Talk about inspiration. I now have a lifelong goal of doing 12 laps when I'm 64! Amazing.

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San Diego Chapter at Vertical Hold - climb on!!!

DanielFitzenz — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:21:14 -0700

Hello Everyone,

Last weekend, I think, a group of us got the adventurous bug to go to a climbing gym. I hadn't done it in years, so I didn't know how quickly I would get my climbing legs back. Well, after instructions of how to ties the road into our harness, very important, and how to spot or belay our partner while he is climbing, even more important, we got started. After one climb we all warmed up to it. It was very fun and not to expense, only $15, for as long as we wanted to climb. As a side note that $15 is the same cost for one class of yoga.

The fun thing about rock climbing is that it is all up to you. You can go at your own pace. Each step up the wall is like a little problem to be solved - Where was I going to put my foot? what can I hold on to? Some holds were out of reach of a hand or foot and I had to decide if I was going to go for it or not, and if I did would I have something else to hold on to secure and balance myself, so I didn't fall. Very stimulating for both body and mind.

Well, we took some picture, so click on the link below and enjoy. Hope to see you at a future get-together.

Click to link to view pictures of at Virtual Hold climbing gym.
http://picasaweb.google.com/RikaandDan/ClimbingTheWallsInSanDiego?authke...

Enjoy.
Daniel

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S.D. Climbing Day @ Vertical Hold Gym

ChrisGraber — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:48:19 -0700

Start: 06/22/2008 - 13:30

End: 06/22/2008 - 16:30

Fun day learning to climb

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S.D. Chapter Fun Ride

ChrisGraber — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:15:21 -0700

Start: 05/25/2008 - 10:00

End: 05/25/2008 - 11:00

Fun ride starting at moment bikes.

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Fun Ride, Ending @ Potluck

ChrisGraber — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:49:18 -0700

Start: 05/04/2008 - 10:00

End: 05/04/2008 - 12:00

fun ride starting at moment cycle sport, ending @ vegan indian food potluck in la mesa

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Test

ChrisGraber — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:55:52 -0700

test post to san diego chapter

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Motivation

ChrisGraber — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:47:06 -0700

It got nice and hot last weekend here in San Diego! It was 90+ at my place and 80's at the beach. It felt like mid summer! It reminded me of some fun high school summers that involved getting up super early and going surfing, coming home and eating a bunch, then going on a bike ride for a few hours or something, then eating more, then going and skateboarding at night or going swimming somewhere - basically just not stop exercise and food and good sleep!

Last Sunday 3 of us did a OA fun ride. I rode from the east to the beach (about 13 miles) and met up with two fine fellow riders at Moment Cycle Sport then tooled around Point Loma for a while and did a super steep, hot climb by Cabrillo National Monument. We met up with some other friends at O.B. People's Co-op afterwards and ate a bunch of yummy food from the deli.

The fun in the sun gave me some renewed motivation. I went to the beach at lunch the last three days, doing two runs and one boogie board session for the heck of it (haven't done that in FOREVER). I'm hoping to ride to work tomorrow and hit up the All You Can Eat. This Sunday is another ride and a Indian food themed vegan potluck afterwards with SDVeganFamilies.

Man, I love the summer in S.D.

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test

ChrisGraber — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:25:00 -0700

does this work?

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Fun Easy Group Ride

ChrisGraber — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:52:51 -0700

Start: 04/27/2008 - 10:00

End: 04/27/2008 - 11:30

So we're goin' riding on Sunday at 10am. I figure we
could meet at Moment cycle sport in point loma. Apparently there's a
ride around there that's pretty good. It's the san diego international
tri. route. I don't know it by heart but we can discover it together.
I think it's about 20 miles long. Like I said before It'll be a social
ride so not very fast. I also thought that after the ride we could
possibly head down to Rancho's in OB for some lunch if you're up for
it. If you have any questions or some other suggestion's for a meet up
or ride route or time just post a respone. Lookin' forward to seeing
you there! Stu

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Ride To Work - Earth Day

ChrisGraber — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:13:01 -0700

Welp, I did it. I went to bed at 1am last night, then got up at 6 and rode the ~ 23 miles in to work. It was a nice morning, not too cold. There's a big hill that I have to go down right when I start the ride and sometimes it gets pretty chilly. Not this morning, though. My legs felt like jello when I got to work like I thought they would. I haven't been riding much at all lately but I surprised myself on the ride home back up the big hill. I did pretty well. There is an official bike to work day in May but I thought since the weather is nice I should start getting back into it sooner than later!

It was nice to know I saved about a gallon of gas from being burned up by my little old Civic.

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