An epic day. An epic course. A national championship
field. High res versions of these photos at
http://www.pbase.com/gtach/fleuveblanc07. Line up your
training now and sign up for next year. You will not regret
it.
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The Start. Morrison. Kimball. Semick. Wolfe. Olson. Ortiz. Spore. Hashimoto. |
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4 seconds down. Just 7 hours 54 minutes to go. |
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Wow. Try and stay upright on a sketchy singletrack trail with this on your heads up display. |
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Heading into the turnaround at Corral Pass, mile 16.9. The first 10-mile, 4500' climb from mile 3.9 to mile 14 is in the books. |
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The view of Rainier from the second loop of the course. Wow is right. |
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Mile 37, the top of the second 8.3 mile 4500' climb. Coming back steadily from my defaillance totale, and looking forward to the final half marathon. |
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