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Furnace Creek 508 -- Race Report

Posted on Oct 11th, 2009 by Cara

Allo Bonjour! So a week has passed and now I can properly reflect on the experience.  Here's a stage by stage breakdown.  You can see all of our splits here . Stage 1: TCTMJ This... More »

Furnace Creek 508 -- Quickie Update

Posted on Oct 5th, 2009 by Cara

We finished!  33:13:00 or something like that. We won our category, beat all the other mixed teams, can came second in the 2-man mixed category. Full race report soon, but here's a finish line photo... More »

Furnace Creek 508 -- Race Day Morning

Posted on Oct 3rd, 2009 by Cara

We're at the start.  Yay. After a delicious dinner of vegan, gluten free pizza I had a very good night sleep,even though I had to share a bed. ugh We are 40 minutes from the... More »

Furnace Creek 508 -- Pre Race THoughts

Posted on Oct 2nd, 2009 by Cara

Get ready for another fun-filled adventure! I've had a very bad week leading up to the race.  Sept 15 (the day after my birthday!) I moved from the OC to LA.  ugh.  On the 24... More »

The Furnace Creek 508: Epilogue

Posted on Oct 6th, 2008 by Cara

This is the last entry I'm going to make about the 508.  At least until next year.  TCTMJ has promised to do it with me and for him DNFing is really  not an option. I... More »

The 508 -- Fin: Are you f%#king kidding me?!?

Posted on Oct 5th, 2008 by Cara

The 508 -- Dos

Posted on Oct 3rd, 2008 by Cara

I'm here in lovely Santa Clarita.  It's great. Bike check:  check.  Car check: check.  Attitude check: partial check (I'm only JV in the attitude dept).  TCTMJ is being super awesome as usual.  I'm also awesome,... More »

The 508 -- Uno

Posted on Oct 3rd, 2008 by Cara

Hello! It's been a fun two weeks since the EC.  No rest time and LOTS of miles.  While some of the intervals weren't that exciting (12 repeats on Newport Coast ?! ugh), they all felt... More »