Post-Lake Tahoe Triple

Woohoo! $2 payout. Carolyn's a smart girl - she quit while she was ahead. Beers are on you, Ed.

Post-Lake Tahoe Triple

Here's Carolyn gambling Ed Burgess' $1 bill (he's a high roller, eh?)...

Lake Tahoe Triple

The broiling sufferfest is over! All the musketeers finished stongly today - three new "rock star" Triplers and one new "Double Tripler" - Carolyn - have been minted. I'm a proud sherpa. Traditional pizza dinner tonight at the Blue Dog.

Despite an embarrasingly slow time (due to absence of oxygen, no training, old age, and several other good excuses), I managed to eke out a top ten finish in the 10K, and placed first in the geriatric division.

Lake Tahoe Triple

All three gutsy Austin musketeers (plus Hans "D'Artagnan" Drexler from Germany) made it to the finish line of Day 2 successfully. Some minor issues for everyone...but I'm forecasting a 100% completion rate tomorrow. Very impressive.

Me? I've decided to be sensible for once and run the 10K tomorrow. I vaguely remember that marathons are no fun if you haven't trained for them! It will be nice to be finished 3 hours earlier than if I was running 26.2.

Lake Tahoe Ultra

It's a beautiful place! The musketeers are all underway this morning in good spirits. My spirits are good too because the Ultra tonight is cancelled due to road permit issues, so I get to sleep tonight! Maybe I'll run the marathon tomorrow? 26.2 should be easier with no training than 72! Expecting record high temperatures again today and tomorrow - 87 degrees. Cold start, hot finish.

Lake Tahoe Ultra

This'll be interesting. I couldn't resist the temptation of running through the night around the lake and under the stars again this year. 72 miles without any training - tomorrow night starting at 10pm. We'll see.

Lake Tahoe

All three musketeers and my friend Hans from Germany got through Day 1 in one piece. Temperatures were high and sun very strong especially over the last six very hilly miles. A few minutes soaking in Lake Tahoe afterwards helped aching muscles. I've been nagging everyone to eat lots all day - with mixed success. One third done!

Lake Tahoe

Fourteen miles in to the first day of the Triple, the three Rogue musketeers are all running comfortably together. It's warm!!

Lake Tahoe

My friend Hans Drexler arrived very late last night from Germany, and still came and ran with us around Spooner Lake this morning. He's run 320 ultras and marathons since 2001 - quite amazing! - and he's also a great photographer. The Triple should be a breeze for him. It's good to have him here as part of this year's "Tahoe Team Austin".

Lake Tahoe

Our new annual tradition - Murphy's Irish Pub in South Lake Tahoe on the Wednesday night before the Tahoe Triple begins. Claire and Carolyn are tripling, along with our friends Clint and Hans. I'm sherpa'ing for them on the first two days. Then when they run their third marathon on Sunday, I'll run a race of undetermined distance too - just haven't decided yet between the 72-mile Ultra and the 10K. Sublime or ridiculous, eh?

Speaking to runners at Rogue Running in Austin, TX

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