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sleeveless · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 8

Rodgon, way to go in breaking 100! John, Thane, and I were happy with a quarter at Lake Murray. I think I'm going to skate there on a regular basis. I really got in the groove yesterday. And yes, let's get some serious training going here in San Diego. See ya' on the trails...

aschmidt · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 56 Location: Bakersfield CA

I did a personal best yesterday- 52 miles in 8.25 hrs. Enjoyed every moment of it.

Few thoughts FWIW:
... gotta figure out how to deal with my toes getting numb on my lead foot, anyone have any ideas?
... would have been nice to have someone to ride with for at least part of the time, any pumpers or pushers in Bakersfield CA
... love, love, love Jelly Belly Sports Beans (especially the Extreme flavor)
... what's up with joe pro cyclists, couldn't tell you how many times I got snubbed
... anxious to ride into the night at Ultraskate VI, when is it James???

Hope everyone else had as great a time as I did!!!

-Alan

p.s. congrats rodgon!

LD skater since 1971 · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

Wow you guy are animals Shocked

I got callled in to work this weekend I need the cash right now. So I did mine in stages starting last sunday 16 miles, monday 12 miles, tuesday 12miles, Thursday 5 miles so thats 45 miles total for the week.
Ron broke the 100 mile mark Shocked

wow your part of the 100 mile ultra skateboarder club.
I am waiting for the north west usa reports maybe some record have been broken.
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Barry · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:24 am Post subject:

How Do All Wink

Congratulations to everyone for doing whatever it was they did, just being there and skating with some Awsome Friends was more important than all the miles I didn't skate, Thank you Very Happy

Sorry I did not stay till the end on Saturday but after waking up with a sore throat and thinking I was just dehydrated and not to mention my bail before I even got there on Friday night, I just was not enjoying myself by Saturday afternoon.

So the deal is; I was not dehydrated but I have Man Flu Crying or Very sad

which explains the sore throat, banging headache everytime I went dropknee and overall loss of stoke and energy at the time, everyone at work has just had a bad cold and typically mine came out yesterday, I now know how Michelle must have felt,

My knee is now swollen and stiff and my right shoulder is sore too from my bail Crying or Very sad

I will not be skating through Conker debris whilst wearing a heavy backpack again Laughing

I look forward to skating with you all again sometime soon, You Guy's Rock.

Anyhow here are the few pictures I took from the evening and days event.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Knotty.Bear/DorneyUltraskate1011102008#

Many apologies in advance if I have anyones names wrong Embarassed

it is hard to remember everyones real names and online AKA's Wink

Oh by the way, I found a glittery, flouorecent green G-string on the living room floor when I got home, if the owner would like to pm me I will re-unite them with the item asap Wink

Take care,
Barry Wink

Wilder · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

Man, James you were cooking yesterday! I didn't get to stay very long but if you kept that pace up I'm sure you racking up the miles.

I stopped by the lake at 6:30 this morning but you guys must'v called it early. There was a lot of cloud cover, aka no moon light.

Kinda bummed I didn't get more than 2 measly laps this time, but my knee has really been hurting since last weeks fall.

There was a ton of people! And a couple new faces as well. Good to see everyone, Scott and Gareth and all the other skaters.
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LD skater since 1971 · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject:

Since I had to work today this was suppose to be my ultra skate I read sleeveless and John Galac had done Lake murray in San Diego. I looked it up and I also seen that lake miramar is paved all the way around and is 4.92 miles around and the dam gates are open now. So after work at the carmel mountain location of pearle vision.

I took a quick spin around the lake miramar did it in 34 minutes it pretty much flat with a couple gradual 100 foot long hills and a few small down hills sections.

So I have work off tomorrow so I am going to go out and see how many laps I can do starting in the morning for my ultra skate I am shooting for 6 laps plus. I will post tomorrow.

So I am cooking up some pasta right now for carbo loading for some fuel to burn and also so I don't get the ammonia smelling sweat. I have packed a bunch a power aid, power bars and goo and a few gallons of water. What cool about this lake is the parking is right next to the trail so I can travel light and hydrate and eat every 4.92 miles.

Here a link to the lake
http://www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/miramar.shtml
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samhell · Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 66 Location: San Diego, CA USA

As Sleeveless stated, we could of easily doubled our mileage.
But Murray lake is very hilly terrain.
A super fun place to skate, but the hills really put a
rock in our shoes. Next time it will be done somewhere flat.
After skating 25.05 miles there, I know I could do at least 50
on flat ground. But we had a great day, and enjoyed the beautiful
scenery and had a really nice wide path to skate.
Here are a few shots from the day.

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LD skater since 1971 · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject:

cool photos !! Who the hell put that sign up? It reminds me of my little quirk. If I don't touch the signal light pole at Via De La Valle in Delmar It does not count as 12 miles in my head.
John at the last pump house race in Poway I was yaking with you while we took photos at the finish line.
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pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1248 Location: seattle wa usa

Well it has been awesome waking from a foggy stupor to see so many pushing and making their personal goals, across the globe.

Rodrigo, congrats in order! First, for making the 100-milers and 2nd for surviving a nasty crash! I hope your leg improves quickly. I'm sure a lot of people are taking it easier today, I've done the usual post-ultra Epsom-salt bath, sleep in the afternoon, and general vegging out.

Seattle: The 16.5-hour 24-hour ultraskate...

The crew from Northwestlongboarding.com made our Greenlake event 'come alive' with a steady stream of riders and supporters day and night. It was great hearing afterward from Subsonic Scott that a lot of people picked up pumping right there on the spot, checking out his Pulse and his new "Century" boards. Scott set up our base camp with his travel van, helped out tremendously, and managed to clock a lot of miles with his kids as well.

We had strong wind during the day, and at one point a large memorial procession, people walking slowly across the entire width of the trail, and they weren't moving anytime soon so we were forced to ride gravel or pick up boards and run a few hundred yards to get past -- that lasted about 3 of our laps. Other than that the day was sunny and gorgeous, and mildly crowded, but nothing we couldn't weave through comfortably, with the occasional verbal warning of approach for sleepy pedestrians. However, I can see that the more perfect plan is to stick with Fridays.

At 1 a.m. and 165 miles, the rain hit. I was keeping a good pace, so all that was needed was maintaining 10mph to beat Ted's record. But after pushing through this May's rain-soaked ride, I knew what that would entail, a small increase in pain, for starters, and hitting the record wasn't all that important. Pumped another lap to gauge the slippage, then pushed and pumped another lap, finishing around 170 miles, then we chatted briefly and made the call. We just weren't sure when the rain might return, the trail was completely soaked, there was no wind to dry it up fast. The clouds continued to loom, and we had a small group, so it seemed like a good call at the time. We went to Denny's for a 3 a.m. breakfast instead.

Our next ride will likely be summer 2009. This 40-degree fall weather is tough on participants, volunteers, and spectators alike. Plus, we have held THREE 24-hour ultraskates this year (the last two on a "global" scale) and a ton of skaters from the NWLB and CSA community have supported us on all of these. So I realize that's a lot of sacrifice to ask especially since it really takes many out for a weekend and a day to recoup.

I think the global format suits these events perfectly. I got texts a couple times from Eric in Texas, Nat in the UK, and Richard in New Zealand, just before or after our event. Given our communities are still small, its great being able to share the experience and what we're learning each time, with like-minded people.

There are some really cool ideas here from Terry and others on new locations...and I am ready to travel somewhere where it's warmer more than 3 months of the year. It's tricky to find parks that don't have the "dawn to dusk" rules (as the UK/Dorney group found out) Greenlake is officially open 24 hours and it's a relatively safe part of town. So if any new idyllic places like that crop up in SoCal, I may be able to get a ticket some time over the winter as much-needed sunshine therapy.

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1248 Location: seattle wa usa