SCOUT ADVENTURE RACE

scout adventure was an adventure in itself the pictures explain it all!










josiah was dehydrated and we had to walk the last three miles of the race with him throwing up and almost passing out on
us, super scary!
Remember friends to always eat and hydrate BEFORE and DURING races... you don't want to end up going to the hospital
like this guy! :)

Partay People...mammoth

this year for the 4th we headed out to mammoth for a weekend of fun and lots of training.... we got there late thursday night and we were pumped for the long weekend ahead... we ended up waking up at 5am friday morning and took off to twin lakes for a little paddle in our kayak before everyone woke up.. the sunrise was amazing, but we were a little cold out on the lake. by the time we got back everyone was slowing waking up, getting ready for a long day of dirt trails... we were all super excited and it was a beautiful day! we did about 15 miles of riding and saved my favorite route down juniper springs as the grand finale...



saturday: we decided to head out for a short 3 mile hike which ended to be an all day 7 hour hike with about 14 miles distance wise.. the hike got better and better with every step and we couldn't turn around so we just kept on going... we were able to connect the trail and do a loop to where we first started! what an awesome day we had!





i think we were on the moon



sunday: we were all having the blues..we didn't want our fun weekend to end... so we went to convict lake and paddled the kayaks before leaving for home...

statements to remember from the trip:
"partay people"
"Happy Birthday Andrew"
"Poo Farts"
see ya all later.... love the "DayMaker"

The Baldy Man

this weekend we ventured out to hike mt. baldy... we needed a good
butt kick'in workout!
we decided on the ice house saddle as our destination and ended up
going further to the whatever it was called peak, i can't remember the name...
it was a fun day and we took along a new friend we met off the internet... we posted the hike and had about five people that were going to join us and ended up with just one... it is fun meeting new people and we all had a blast.

we did a total of 11 miles with about 2,000 ft elevation gain.
hopefully we can make baldy a once a month event!

Rim Nordic

So i haven't been on my bike for about three weeks... since i got a flat and haven't changed it yet... and rim nordic was comming soon.. i didn't think we were going to do the race because we were suppose to be moving that weekend... so i lagged...
well we decided to head up there and check it out because our roomie was doing the single speed division. then it all happened... I was convinced in doing the race....
ok so i will just cruise through it to see the course.

"too legit to quit"
Suffer Fest Begins...
on my first lap i went out fast and pooped out fast...
by the time i got to the first little climb i was dying...and i thought to myself, dang i need to train for races... :)
I was all over the place and i felt like i haven't been riding for years... i even ate it in flat sand on part of the trail... dang why did i race..
(start up line)
the elevation was killing me and it was hard to breath... i had to walk a few of the steep climbs and stop a couple of time to catch my breath..took a gu and was ready to get my first lap over with.
Finally i made it to the downhill and i was ready to be done... i kept telling myself "you don't have to do two laps"... the downhill always makes me forget about all the hard work that was done in order to rep the benefits.. so i pounded through the finish line and started my second lap... i felt ok in the beginning but i was pretty tired... my technical skills were finally caught up and i just kept telling myself to push through it.. this time i walked all the steep hills... i was totally bonking...
and i had no more gu and barely any water left... i just had to make it to the water station to load up on water and hopefully they would have a gu or food of some sort because i was starving...we'll no gu or food for me at the station .. then a thought came to mind... mandy once told me that she had to eat some used gu packets...
hmmmm should I or shouldn't i... i was in survival mode...give me some darn energy..
so i peddled up away from the water guy...so he wouldn't see me scrounge for gu.. and I found GOLD... millions of gu packets... i had so many flavors to choose from.. so i looked around to make sure no one saw me..and i picked one up that looked not that squeezed out kinda look.. meaning: gu left inside!

i was shaking from the heat and i picked up that gu, cleaned the top off and held it above my mouth and dripped the chocolate delight in! soooo good!
I was able now to get back on my bike.... i was pushing slow... i needed another gu... this one was the orange flavor that i always turn away from... but this time i welcomed it and it was delicious... :) so now i was satisfied that i at least had some calories and hopefully i was ready to push to the end... i reached the downhill thinking... this is my training...and finally i cruised through the finish! i was so stoked to be done.. i just pushed through a mental limit and physical demand that i have not experienced... meaning.. TRAIN...TRAIN..TRAIN..
Results..
i ended up with third place in my division... and fifth overall...
(don't tell anyone that there was only five girls total who did the race) ;)
anyways i survived. and remember to leave a little bit of gu left in your packet for someone who is stupid enough not to bring more then one gu!

Job Searching

job searching sucks!
so i have applied for a handfull of positions ant irvine valley college and cal state long beach... they are super hard to obtain and the state's process takes
forever!
hopefully something will come up... or maybe i'll just train!

We Finally Moved!

Yippy.... we are now living in Huntington Beach..
we are super excited.. the move was rough, but we
made it through with help of friends.. a big thanks
to joe W... and everyone else!
Thanks guys...

Hurkey Crack

Hurkey creek is one of my favorite places to mt bike! so i was super excited for this race! Slate and me decided to be a team of two for the eight hour event! I started off the race with the mile run start and the I hopped on my bike for a peddle pushing 10 mile course. Our strategy was that i would do one lap and then slate would do two, with a run in between to practice some bricks... well let me tell you after my first lap there was no way i could continue on my other laps if i ran in between... so I just plopped down with my feet in the air and stuffed my face! way better then running :)
Exciting Events on my laps....
There was a snake on the trail so I had to stop and throw a rock at it to have it move out of my way..
I ate crap a couple of times...
Chain fell off...
i was stoked that nothing too serious happened and we were able to finish the race with success... i did 30 miles and slate did 40!
After we were finished we cheered on the other teams that were riding through the night!