Mike, Eric and Doug (carpool buddies) posing at the Elsinore overlook after the WTRS 21k.

We finally got some decent weather for the final 2009 trail series race. It was mid 50's at the start with partly cloudy skies. I was going to take it easy and just work a little on the uphills but I felt good so I ended up racing if you can call power walking up West Horsethief at 20 minutes per mile pace racing. I finished in just under 2:13 in 46th place out of 130 runners and hikers.

Next up is the Silverado Trail Race next weekend followed by the Catalina Marthon on March 14.





I caught this partial rainbow while driving home from work on Culver Drive a couple of weeks ago. The rainbow is behind the traffic signal.

Modjeska Peak

I ran up to Silverado Motorway almost to Modjeska Peak on Saturday. We hit the snow level at Main Divide and encountered up to three inches on the ground near the peak. Needless to say my feet started to get a little cold. The temperature was around 40 degrees and partly sunny with no wind. I really enjoyed seeing and running in the snow. Our roundtrip mileage was just shy of 20 miles.

Joining me on this run were some my fellow TrailHeadz who pretty much left me in the run on the run up to Main Divide. Greg, Pam, Charlie, Shannon, Olivier and Pam's East coast guest Ryan. That's what I get for running with the fast crew. This was a good training run for the upcoming Catalina Marathon infour weeks.