Entries from September 2008

September 26, 2008

No Clever Title – I Just Hate Mapquest!

The weekend was going to be perfect.  It was my sisters 30th birthday and she was to be surprised with a plethora of things, the first of which was for me, her favorite (only) little sister, to show up on Friday night so I could join her for a Saturday long run.  The morn of the [...]

September 3, 2008

Pikes Peak Ascentathon Travelogue Part Deux or Trek to the North Pole

  What a beautiful site.  Who doesn’t like pancakes, let alone steaks, so it makes absolute perfect sense in a whimsical town with competing carved bear statue stores to have a pancake & steakhouse all-in-one restaurant.  Even better was the fact that it was across from the “hotel”.  
When handed an opportunity like this, you must [...]

September 1, 2008

Pikes Peak Ascentathon Travelogue Day 1

 

 
6:26 AM
6:26 AM flight.
6:26 AM Flight means having to be at airport by 5:30.
6:26 AM Flight means having to be at airport by 5:30 means having to leave house at 4:45.
6:26 AM Flight means having to be at airport by 5:30 means having to leave house at 4:45 means having to be up at [...]