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2016 RACING BLOG CONTINUED- PART 2

2016 RACING BLOG CONTINUED- continuing from Cherry Creek Sneak- April 28, 2016:

Cherry Creek Sneak Memories:

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Another photo from Greenland 8 mile:

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19. Saturday-5/7/16-- Grand Prix of Running- Take 5 in the Garden- 5 mile- 33:17- 6th overall- 5th male overall- 1st place 40-44. Alexis Wilbert beat us all- Gotta get her back. Right hamstring holding up good. I was within 9 seconds of taking 3rd place overall. Focusing on training. Another podium place. Making a comeback. If the race would have been gun time, I would have taken second place overall male, 3rd overall, but I have been getting screwed with chip timing for two races now.

Garden 5 mile :

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20. Saturday- 5/14/16-- Race to the Shrine 10k- Cheyenne Mt. Zoo-- Had a great climb to the top of the Shrine- was in third and caught my Master's racing nemesis Bryan Beiner at the top, but he nipped me on the fast and furious downhill back to the Moose Lodge, very happy with my climb and eventually taking 3rd overall in the race and winning my cherished elephant pooh medal for third overall. Hamstring holding up ok.

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21. Sunday- 5/15/16--Colfax Half Marathon--Denver, CO-- City Park- 49th overall-- 46th male overall-- 1:29:06-- 5th place 40-49 division.

Right hamstring a little tight and irritated. Mostly a flat course, a few mild inclines, and a lot of twists and turns in the zoo.

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** 5/21/16-- Womens Distance Festival 5k- made an appearance for the brewer's cup competition for Bier Werks- easy running- made an appearance at full moon run at Red Rocks Park at 7pm also for brewer's competition- very gorgeous day and evening -- No other racing this weekend. Next race= Bolder Boulder on Memorial day.

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22. Monday- 5/30/16-- Bolder Boulder-- 10k- Boulder, CO--

Although it felt like I was pushing it harder than my time showed- my pacing was about right on to what I am doing my lactate training runs right now so its about right on. So I am actually about right on pace as I am doing about 6:22 to 6:30 lactate training runs right now and of course my lactates will continue to improve. Always remember there is a lot of climbing in bolder boulder as seen in mile 2, 3, and 4. Happy I got my sub 40 club tech t-shirt for breaking 40:00 minutes. And I will also get an extra award for beating my age as well as my keychain medal for 9th place age division.

*I was the 2012 age division champ for the 40 year old division.

Bolder Boulder 2016 Photos:

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23. June 3-4, 2016-- Ragnar Trail Relay-- Snowmass, CO-- 4 legs ( 6.8 mile, 4 mile, 4 mile, 4 mile)-- at 7,900 feet-- 3 trail loops -- 6.8 mile a tough climb to 9000 feet and then switchback down--the other two legs were rolling hill trail courses with a tough climb going out to about 8,500 and 8,250 feet. Team Baconators !!!! Me and the Rocket led and carried our team to --- 29th overall out of 219 teams !!!!!!

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24. Sunday- June 5, 2016-- The High Drive Challenge-- Mad Moose Events-- 10 mile--

8th overall-- 1:15:40-- 87.65 ranking- 2nd-40-44. I had a great climb up from bear creek to the top of high drive at 7, 869 feet-- I was gaining on Dan Vega and Toby Lefere on the way up. Hamstring feels good. Had a small sore spot on my left hamstring the next day, it will be ok, its just from the race and running hard downhill and acclimating to fast downhill running.

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25. Sunday- 6/12/16- Garden of the Gods 10 Mile - 1st leg of the Triple Crown of Running--

21st overall-- 20th male overall -- 1:06:45-- 4th Master Overall !! Hot and humid. I am happy with my performace- no pain issues in the race-- Just getting my superior conditioning back--

I could not do Mount Evans Ascent this year as it was also on the same day as the Garden this year instead of being on Saturday like last year. It will be on Saturday next year so I will be able to do both next year. Right hamstring held up great. Left hamstring ok- just a little sore spot. No other pain. The queen made me get some training on barr trail after the race. Very tired after barr trail.

My 4th Place Master Overall Award

Me and the Denver Roost Teams Kicked ASS

My most loyal racing fans -Sarah Guhl and her Dad-- I am their inspiration !!!!! Sarah Guhl was 8th female overall !!!!

The two awesome Tabares girls that I have trained in the Past- Kayli and Jalynn-- they are both awesome runners !!!!!

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26. Friday- 6/17/16-- 6:30 pm-- 4 In the Forest-- Black Forest -- 4 mile rolling hill course-- Burgess Trail Head-- a very close, 3rd overall-- almost overtook 2nd place by a few steps-- Won a cool Pottery bowl by a local Black Forest Pottery store. This was a local small race but it was a tough fought 3rd place and had to break down a couple of younger high school kids at the beginning !!! As you can see I was right in the mix and gaining- breathing down their necks !

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* Saturday night-- 6/18/16-- Starlight Spectacular- Garden of the Gods Park-- annual Social bike ride-- 17 miles at midnight-- not a race.

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Happy Birthday to the Queen K !!!!!

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NEW RUNNERS ROOST RACING KITS-- I MAKE IT LOOK DAMM GOOD !!!!

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27. Friday- 6:00 pm- 6/24/16-- Blue Moon Trail Race - race #1 of the 3 race series-- Long Series-- rolling hill cross country course-- Ute Valley Park.

2nd overall-- and gaining on 1st place-- 19:38-- feeling better, stronger-- took out Duane Robinson, Bryan Beiner, and a cross country high school student from Manitou Springs-- hot and a humid afternoon.

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28. Saturday- 6/25/16- The Slacker Half Marathon- Loveland Ski Area to Georgetown, CO-- Very hot, sunny. Race start at 10,600 feet and finished at 8,500 feet.

7th overall-- 1st place 40-44-- 1:22:26-- Great race for me while I continue getting my conditioning back-- this was my best half marathon of the year so far-- this was a gentle downhill race with some hills along the way-- I was 2 minutes off my time from last year-- I moved up to 4th place after about mile 5 and held 4th place in the race until the last mile and got passed by two racers but made a late comeback and almost moved back into 6th place behind Roost Teammate Jay Survil.

* hamstrings holding up ok, right hamstring got a little tight, its ok now-- have a sore spot under my left heel.

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* Saturday- June 2nd, 2016-- Neilson Challenge - Made an appearance for Brewers Cup competition.

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29. Monday- July 4, 2016-- Palmer Lake -- 4th of July-- 4.1 mile--

31st overall- 30th male overall-- 4th place 36-45-- I was very close to all other placers in this division-- 24:15 chip time.

No pain issues. Hot and sunny.

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30. Sunday- July 10, 2016-- Summer Round-up 12k-- 2nd leg of the Triple Crown of Running--

10th overall--9th male overall-- 4th Master Award Overall-- 48:22-- Holding 5th overall in the Triple Crown of Racing Series going into Pikes Peak-- I will destroy the other Jabronees at Pikes Peak --

Did some training the day before at Mount Sherman at 12,000 feet to 14,036 feet the day before, no pain issues.

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31. Sunday- 7/17/16-- Barr Trail Mountain Race--

8th overall-- 1st Master overall Champion !!-- 1:56:02.

Hot and Sunny.

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32. 7/24/16-- La Sportiva Camp Hale- Vail Half Marathon--

8th overall-- 1:31-- 2nd place 40-49 award-- (box of honey stinger waffles; one place away from winning a pair of la sportive shoes)

Course-- starting at approx. 9,500 feet-- a rolling and gradual uphill on a dirt road -- then turning into a gradual climb on a single track-- a short down hill back on dirt road-- then a long climb up a dirt road and then more climbing on a single track -- turned back on to dirt road and a gentle downhill back down to finish with some rolling hills-- cool start in the morning but turning very hot and sunny.

*Did some speed work for the first time this year and a Craig Young infamous lactate this week going into the Classic 10k.

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33. Friday- 7/29/16-- 6 pm-- Blue Moon Trail Series Race #2-- Ute Valley Park-- 5 mile--

2nd overall-- 32:41-- Leading the Long Series going into the final series race- on my way to a two time Long Series Blue Moon Trail Series Championship.

Rolling hill course.

Note: We did a different harder course last year; My age group record was beaten this year; from last year; I may have held on to it if we had not have done a different course last year. It was hot and sunny with a little humidity.

Legs tired from Ascent, trail, and speed Training.

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34. Saturday-- 7/30/16-7 am - Classic 10k-- Grand Prix of Running Series Race #3--

37:59-- 31st male overall-- 38th overall-- 4th place 40-44.

*My goal time was to hit around 36:30-- overcast at start of race; felt very humid next to creek; got hotter toward end of race. It appeared a few of us were slower this year than last year.

*legs tired from hard trail and Ascent training and a tough 8k the day before at Blue Moon Series Race 2 at Ute Valley Park.

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35. Saturday-- 7/30/16-- 8:30 am-- ADA 5k-- new race after classic 10k-- Did not push it really hard; just enough to get a few more miles in on tired legs -- first ever and possibly the last time they will have this race after the classic 10k at the park right after- it might move to another location next year. Got 3rd male overall with a sprint into the finish as I caught one jabronee with a few feet to go before the finish line-- 20:00 minutes.

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36. Sunday-- 7/31/16-- Blackhawk Half Marathon-- Golden, Co--

4th overall-- 1st place 40-49- 1:42--

*Note-- I was only about 1 second behind 3rd-- I did not know the course-- I could have pushed on the last out and back switch back and I could have had the 3rd place guy and taken 3rd overall-- I still almost got him with my electrifying unstoppable kick in.

COURSE: This was a trail course starting at 7,800 feet-- and then rolling hill course with several climbs reaching a high point of 8,900 feet.

Beautiful views and an amazing course- first time I have done this race and some good training for Pikes Peak Marathon weekend.

This was probably my best race of the weekend, as I am awesome on these types of courses-- again on tired legs and having done 3 races going into this half marathon in Blackhawk.

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37. Sunday- 8/7/16-- VAIL, CO-- BERRY PICKER- 4.3 MILE UPHILL CLLIMB--

4TH OVERALL-- 2ND 40-49- 44:54

This was a 4.3 mile uphill climb from the base of Vail starting at about 8000+ feet and finishing at 10,250 feet -- within a couple of feet we started going uphill right away-- got teased with a quick 200 feet gentle down hill and then hit with the 14% average grade uphill climb the rest of the way-- I felt very strong climbing and was able to take advantage of the easier grades after hard grades-- so this shows I am getting stronger and my confidence is building.

I picked off a lot of jabronees at the beginning that tried to take off fast-- finally settling into 4th overall-- the first female caught up to me two times as we went back and fourth for a while and then I stayed right behind her because it was hard to pass at times on the narrow single trail in the last mile of the climb-- both the first female and I gained and caught the 3rd place male in the last mile but he opened up the gap on the flat part and I was still stuck behind the first female-- we flattened out for just a bit in the last mile and as soon as we hit the 4 mile mark and got onto a dirt road with a brutal uphill finish-- I sprinted the last .3 mile to destroy the first female and almost nipped the 3rd place male. It was overall a good performance-- I just got held up a little bit on some of the narrow trail areas where I could have used my speed to close up the gap somewhat, but overall- tough course and a very good performance as the top three guys that beat me were all professional cross country skiers. And I was gaining on them slowly at the end.

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38. Sunday- 8/14/16-- Springspree 4 mile- Running for the blue--Prospect Lake

2nd overall-- 23:50-- won a starbucks coffee mug, $50 bucks at Colorado Running Co., and $25 bucks at Bass Pro Shops. - two laps around the lake and another loop along Pikes Peak with a climb up Pikes Peak avenue.

This by far was my best shorter race of the year as I actually utilized my speed that I do have. I still ran on tired legs from Pikes Peak ascent training and we had done Pikes Peak training for the past two days in a row. Had done the Crags the previous day and ran to the summit. My speed has improved with a Craig Young lactate training run this week and hardcore trail and climbing training. I am the Best Ever !!!!

*NOTE-- The chip timing mat was not working in the race so I don't know if there are any results posted anywhere so here are the top 4 --

1. Andy Rinne

2. Gerald Romero 23:50

3. Patrick Vigil- me and Patrick had a good battle and I finally caught him in the last mile.

4. Travis Tabares.

*First Female was Kayli Tabares !!!

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MY FIRST PIKES PEAK MARATHON AND FIRST DOUBLER !!!!

39. Saturday- 8/20/16- Pikes Peak Ascent--

21st overall-- 20th male overall-- 2:46:31-- 4th Master overall-- in a very competitive overall and Master field right behind Tommy Manning who was third Master overall. Actually ended up having a great duel with the 2nd place female Addie, who I caught and passed after Barr Camp, then she caught up in the final three and we went back and forth up to the top as she caught me again at the 16 golden stairs and in the final stretch and I blew by her in the final switchback to the finish to take her out.

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40. Sunday- 8/21/16- Pikes Peak Marathon--

5:43 finish time-- my climb was a 3:06

* My Story-- I didn't actually know what to expect but I toed the line on Sunday Morning and took off again for the climb to the top-- felt good and strong-- my toe joints hurt for a while going up to barr camp but pushed on----- knowing that there was no finish line at the top, I took it conservative but kept up a descent pace because I felt good-- I did good going up and made it to the top in the top 15 still--

I made the decision to have some support crew Randy Tripplet at the top who had a bag for me to change my shoes into something with more cushioning and to put my right ankle brace on which simply just keeps my ankle from turning if I were to land wrong--- Its actually an awesome brace which I got back in my college days at the University of Southern Colorado--- now CSU-Pueblo-- I took off my arm sleeves and kept my gloves on -- I wore these cool socks with a hot girl on them-- had a lot of awesome comments on my socks-- tons of women and guys kept asking me who that girl on my socks were and I had to keep answering " just a hot girl" !!!

A lot of people and friends screamed for me as I started charging back down-- shout out to my running friend Brent Baily who cheered me on and gave me a sip of his coors light on my way down as I passed him-- I got more cheers and whistles than anybody else on that mountain in the race and I was also the coolest and hottest racer as well --- I got all the whistles and comments from the females and all my peeps all the way down !!!!!

Now- I feel that stopping and changing my shoes did slow me down and cost me some momentum and time and let a couple of guys I should have blown away get some time on me even though I was trying to hurry. That was my first mistake I believe I made in the Marathon was to stop and change my shoes/apparel at the top turn around.

Mistake #2-- I took a really bad fall at about two miles down-- it just happened out of nowhere-- I went down-- I slammed my left shoulder into a rock and truly felt and believed it had popped out of the socket-- I skinned both knees and my left elbow-- I hurt all over-- I was in a daze -- and I just layed there for a moment-- next thing I remember is two racers going up stopped and grabbed my arms and helped me up-- those two guys were awesome and I say thank you to them forever-- I stood there for a moment and asked myself if I could go on or do I call it quits-- " I said screw it lets keep running down"

Now at this point I was starting to get passed by a few racers that finally were catching up to me-- I started off slowly and just wanted to keep going and was being very careful. My left shoulder hurt very bad and my legs felt like rubber from the fall.

I pushed on down and tried to pick up the pace as I could but being careful--

Mistake #3-- I took too much water-- I had to stop and pull of to the side and empty my bladder-- cost me a couple minutes and a couple more racers passing me-- I pushed on--

Mistake #4-- Mayby not really my fault but I also threw up two times after Barr Camp-- cost me time and places as I had to stop each time- queasy stomach didn't feel good.

Mistake #5-- and lastly I hit the wall at about no name creek due to my fall and probably not enough mileage in training -- almost forgetting that this is still a Marathon and I had just still raced 23 miles and had thrown up all my fluids and been on my legs for 5 hours--- and had done the Ascent the previous day. I just didn't feel good anymore and then on top of it the heat of the day back at the bottom was getting to me. I regrouped and continued running best I could and finally reached the pavement and made my way to the Cog and had a nice finish in with a sprint into the finish catching one guy at the end.

* My highlights of the weekend-- I successfully completed the double-- got 4th Master overall in the Ascent with a 2:46:31-- had a good climb in the Marathon-- I was still in top 20 coming down from the turnaround. A bad fall started the ball rolling on a tough downhill. I know I would have placed in the top 5 master awards without hurting on the downhill.

I WAS 10TH OVERALL DOUBLER-- 8TH OVERALL MALE DOUBLER- 3RD PLACE AGE GROUP.

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41. 8/26/16-- Friday night- 6:30 pm- Blue Moon Trail Series - Race #3 of 3-- Ute Valley Park- 10k--

1st overall in the race-- 41:10 chip time-- and 1st overall in the Long Series (5k, 5 mile, and 10k)

2 Time Blue Moon Series Champion- (2015 and 2016).

Course- 2 rolling hill rocky trail loops with three major climbs, nice mild weather with some humidity.

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* TRIPLE CROWN OF RUNNING RESULTS: GARDEN 10 MILE-- SUMMER ROUND-UP 12K-- AND PIKES PEAK ASCENT --

WILL TAKE 4TH OVERALL MALE.

* I AM PROUDLY A FORMER TWO TIME TRIPLE CROWN OF RUNNING SERIES CHAMPION-- 2008 AND 2009 !!!

* SEEMED THE NUMBER 4 WAS MY NUMBER THIS YEAR FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN--

(4TH MASTER AT THE GARDEN----- 4TH MASTER AT SUMMER ROUND-UP-- 4TH MASTER AT PIKES PEAK ASCENT--- AND I END UP 4TH OVERALL FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN OF RUNNING SERIES---- What were the odds of that happening ?????

TRIPLE CROWN OF RUNNING 2016 AWARDS CEREMONY !!!!-- 4TH OVERALL AWARD !!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MYSELF-- SEPTEMBER 1st, 2016- AGE 45 !!!!!!!!

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42. 9/3/16-- Saturday-- 5:30 am-- Disney Land - Anaheim, California-- Disneyland 10k-

4th overall-- 37:12-- 1st Master overall-- 6:00 pace.

60-70% humidity.

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43. 9/4/16- Sunday-- 5:30 am-- Disneyland Half Marathon--

25th overall-- 1:23:49-- 6:24 pace. 1st place- 45-49

DOUBLE PODIUM AT DISNEYLAND-- BACK TO BACK!!!!!!

AND COAST TO COAST CHALLENGE MEDAL FOR RACING IN FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA IN A CALENDER YEAR-- ALSO A 2 x COAST TO COAST RECIPENT !!!

* I AM THE WINNER OF THE DOUBLER FOR 10K AND HALF MARATHON. THE ONLY COLORADOAN TO DO THIS-- YOU CAN ALL THANK ME FOR REPRESENTING YOU IN CALIFORNIA WHEN YOU SEE ME IN PERSON !!!!!!!!!!

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44. Monday- Labor Day- 9/5/16-- American Discovery Trail Half Marathon--

8th overall-- 1:28:50 --2nd place 45-49-- on very tired legs and body and little sleep and rest- after 2 hard Disneyland Races and flying back into the Springs the night before.

Course: out and back course from America the Beautiful Park out North and then turn around right behind Costo and back South to America the Beautiful Park.

MY RECORDS THAT I CURRENTLY HOLD IN THE ADTM MARATHON---

MASTERS COURS RECORD HOLDER FOR THE POINT TO POINT COURSE STARTING AT PALMER LAKE AND FINISHING AT AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL PARK
I AM THE CURRENT 35-39 MARATHON RECORD HOLDER IN THE CURRENT MARATHON COURSE SET IN 2007 !!!

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45. Saturday- 9/10/16-- Imogene Pass Run-- 17.1 miles-- Ouray to Telluride--

21st overall-- 18th male overall-- 2nd Master overall-- 1st place -45-49-- Won the gold medal and a gift card to REI. This was my first Imogene Pass Run- I also ran this sick as I was not feeling good during the week after getting back from California/Disneyland-- I had congestion and irritated lungs.

Starting at approximately 8, 800 feet in the town of Ouray we completed 10 miles of climbing to 13,100 feet to the top of Imogene pass -- my climb was wonderful -- I picked off jabronees left and right moving up to top 15. There were very steep climbs especially the last 3 miles and a few gentle downhills with some beautiful waterfalls and cliffs. The downhill was tough as it was a rocky trail so you had to be careful with footing. It was hard to run fast on this rocky footing. After reaching the summit, it was a very steep couple of miles back down until it started leveling off a little bit as we descended back down to Telluride. I had a pretty good descent going down best I could on steep rocky footing. I beat all of the females to the top and I had beaten the top master male to the top. I got passed by the top 3 females back on the downhill and 3 of the males (to include the top Master) caught me back on the downhill. But I feel good I kicked all their asses going up. This downhill was different than pikes peak, much more steep, difficult, and rocky, hard to move smooth on this type of rocky wagon wheel road.

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46. Saturday-9/17/16-- 2ND ANNUAL- Hermit Pass Half Marathon--Westcliff, CO

*1st OVERALL CHAMPION-- 2 time overall champion (2015 and 2016)--

* Note: my time was slow this year - 2:22-- as I was sent the long way on the marathon finish so I did an extra 5 miles on a dry dusty dirt road into the finish. The course starts at 8, 100 feet and gently climbs up a dirt road and then takes a turn onto the pass with a quick gentle downhill and then we climb up a very crude rocky road to the turnaround at mile 6.5 to 10,100 feet and then come back down the same way. Weather was nice, hot, and sunny.

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47. Sunday- 9/18/16-- 3rd annual- Castlewood Canyon- The Dam Run-- 6.6 mile Trail Race--

This was in the Canyon East of Castle Rock-- didn't even realize there is this beautiful State Park here !!!!

I got 2nd overall behind Denver Runners Roost Mountain Team member.

Course: A rolling rocky trail race comparable to Ute Valley Park or Palmer Park. Very beautiful scenery with waterfalls, many stone stairs, rivers and creeks, and passing by the old Dam ruins from when the Dam broke many years ago and flooded out the area.

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48. Saturday- 9/24/16-- Grand Prix of Running-- Octoberfest 8k-- Sky Sox Stadium- Co Spgs.--

8th overall-- 7th male overall--2nd place - 45-49

out and back course from Sky Sox- gentle gradual uphill going out to the turn around and back the same way-- same course as last year-- mostly paved concrete trail with some gravel trail closer to the turn-around-- nice weather, hot and sunny.

got out hard and fast finally settling into 4th overall almost to the turn-around- and I fell to 8th on the way back and hung in tough to finish 8th overall counting the first female Alexis Wilbert.

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49. Sunday-- 9/25/16-- Colorado Springs Half Marathon- Downtown Co Spgs--

4th overall-- 1st place 40-49-- one place away from winning prize money !!

Cool start in the morning, starting at Acacia park downtown- course proceeded up platte to prospect lake, back downtown- out to America the Beautiful Park and then into the Santa Fe trail North to the Old North End and 2 miles back on Cascade to Tejon and into the finish back at Acacia Park-- Mostly a road race with some Santa Fe Trail and some hills thrown in along the way with some gentle ups and downs and a lot of turns.

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50. Saturday-10/1/16-- Rim to Rim 10k-- Royal Gorge--

1st overall Champion and 2 time back to back 10k Champ !! (2015 and 2016)-- 38:45--

Course: Rolling hill road and dirt road course finishing on the Royal Gorge bridge. Nice mild sunny weather.

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51. Sunday- 10/2/16-- Hot Chocolate 15k- Downtown Denver--

8th male overall-- 9th overall-- 2nd place 45-49 award-58:32-- 6:17 per mile pace. Last year I did a 56:30.

Course: same as previous year- mostly a flat urban road race right in Lodo Denver- with some gentle climbs and one longer climb at about mile 7 with a lot of turns. Weather was good- sunny and got hot at the end of the race.

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52. Saturday-10/8/16-- Grand Prix of Running-- Final Leg-- The Great Pumpkin 10k--

* 2nd overall male-- 3rd overall-- 38:05 chip time--

* same course as previous years-- good old school fall flat cross country course with a lot of fun winding trails, a new unplanned water obstacle, gravel hard packed trails, and a few small hills.

* The Mine to Mine 9k was originally on my race schedule today, but I needed to complete and support the Grand Prix Series for Runner's Roost and I am now the 2016 Long Series Champion again ! With my time from last year's Mine to Mine 9k I would have been 3rd overall this year -- I am also in better conditioning right now and stronger than anyone else and I would have given Andy Rinne, who got 2nd at Mine to Mine this year, a run for his money on this course this year !!!! I am a 15 time Grand Prix of Racing Champion in the Long Series, I have 2 second place overall finishes. I have an age group place from 2014 as I substituted another race for the Classic 10k that year as I was out of state working for the summer. I did not get to complete the series last year as other races conflicted with the series.

* Alexis Wilbert ---- "Your going Down" -- The Most Electrifying man in all of racing is going to take you down next time !!!!

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53. Sunday- 10/9/16-- 1st Inaugural Ridgeline Half Marathon-- Castle Rock, CO on the new Ridgeline Trail System.

* 2nd Overall-- 1:33:56-- 1st- 40-49 award.

*A challenging rolling dirt trail hilly course loop ( similar to Cheyenne Mt. State Park trails) -- hot and sunny.

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54. Saturday- 10/15/16-- Denver Rock and Roll 5k-- Downtown Denver-- Civic Center Park--

* 1st overall Champion !!!!! 18:02-- TBE-- THE BEST EVER !

I was electrifying as I toed the line in my lime yellow and blue splash Roost Singlet-- my matching blue Brooks glasses and electricity surrounding me--- got out tough with a 5:30 first mile-- I took the lead in the first 800 and hung on to take the win on a tough hilly hot road course with a lot of turns at the State Capital finishing on a downhill back at Civic Center Park.

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55. Sunday-- 10/16/16-- Denver Rock and Roll Half Marathon--- Downtown Denver-- Civic Center Park--- A world class half marathon-- USATF Half Marathon Championship.

I won the 45-49 age division-- 56th overall-- 1:23:38-- Awards to be mailed to me.

* Again, I was electrifying in my Brooks Runners Roost uniform-- blue Brooks glasses and blue hair coloring making me the coolest racer on the course. I had a great first half of the race as I got out hard again hitting mile 1 at approx. 5:40-- my 5k in approx. 19:00-- 10k in approx. 38:00-- my ten mile was in about 1:04. My legs felt heavy and fatigued with about 5k to go. Course started at Civic Center Park and winded through downtown for the first 6-7 miles and then headed East uphill to the City Park and then winded back to the State Capital and finished on a nice downhill to Civic Center Park. And I gave a finish line kick that no one could ever beat or duplicate!

*Got the extra REMIX MEDAL for completing both the 5k and Half Marathon.

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56. Saturday-10/22/16-- The 2nd Annual-- THE CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN RUN- 9.25 MILE-- Cheyenne Mtn. State Park

* 2nd Overall-- 1:06:33. * I have two- 2nd place overall positions for the 2 years race has been held. Note: last year the course was 8.8 miles.

*Rolling hill start- gradually climbing for the first couple of miles and then hitting talon trail to the new Dixon trail climbing to the turnaround where the trail was completed

I took on Tommy Manning last year and almost got him on the downhill; this year I took on Payton Batliner staying close to him on the uphill but he opened up the gap on me on the downhill.

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57. 10/29/16-- The YMCA CREEPY CRAWL 5K-- Palmer Lake, CO- elevation 7,200 feet.

* 5TH overall-- 4th male overall-- 1st p lace 45-49--18:44.

*same course as previous years-- Start at Palmer lake and head south with a very gentle downhill to turnaround about 1.5 miles; head back North the same way with a gentle uphill and 1 loop around Palmer Lake and a straight away to the finish. The course is all on a hard packed gravel trail. It was hot and sunny.

ALEXIS WILBERT-- THE WAR IS ON !!!

I AM GOING TO TAKE YOU ON !!!!

SEE YOU AT VEGAS HALF MARATHON ON NOVEMBER 13TH !!

EVERYONE MAKE YOUR BETS !!!!!

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* THE WALT DISNEY WORLD WINE AND DINE RACE WEEKEND--

58. Saturday-- 11/5/16-- Walt Disney World Wine and Dine Inaugural 10k-- Orlando, Florida--

* 4th overall-- 1st Master Award-- 36:49

*I electrified The Disneyworld Wine and Dine Races with great performances over this weekend !!

* The humidity in Florida was tough to contend with.

Represented Colorado with pride taking 4th overall in the 10k and dominated the Masters category. 80% humidity kicked off the race at 5:30 am on a mostly flat road course finishing with a loop in epcot. I hung in 3rd place to about the 4 mile mark and then dropped to 4th in the last 2 miles. Sported my neon yellow splash Brooks singlet.

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59. 11/6/16-- Sunday-- Walt Disney World Wine and Dine Half Marathon-- Orlando, Florida--

* 4th male overall out of 12,000 racers-- 7th overall-- 1st Master overall award-- 1st Doubler overall for the 2 course challenge-- 1:23:15 in 100% humidity.

* I gave a great showing in the half Marathon in my Runners Roost Colorado outfit kicking everyones asses except for 6 people with a dramatic finish which changed the Master's outcome of the race.

*The race kicked off in 100% tough humidity at 5:30 am- mostly flat road course going through animal Kingdom, long stretches of Disney World roads, and an electrifying finish back in Epcot. I ran with 1500 meter Bronze Olympic medalist from Rio this year-- Jenny Simpson-- and took her on until about the 10k mark as she opened up the gap on me in the 2nd half of the race but stayed within a few minutes of her. My Master's Championship win was decided in the last 20 meters of the race as I outkicked 42 year old C. Smith from .98 to .39 of a second as we both clocked in 1:23:15 chip time !! And about 2 minutes off of 2nd and 3rd place. A female Brazilian took the womens win, with Jenny Simpson taking 2nd, and the 3rd place female caught me and the 8th place male in the last 400 of the race as I surged with her, it pulled me in to my climactic outkick to take the master's championship for Disney Wine and Dine half marathon.

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LAS VEGAS ROCK AND ROLL 5K AND MARATHON WEEKEND--

60. Saturday night- 11/12/16-- Las Vegas Rock n Roll 5k--

*17:40-- 5th overall -- 1st place 45-49 award.

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61. Sunday Night-- 4:30 pm-- Las Vegas Rock n Roll Half Marathon--

* 60th overall in the Nations 2nd largest and most competitive half marathon--1:22:23-- I was 4th place in the 45-49-- one place away from a division place- the other 3 competitors were from outside the USA. Alexis Wilbert won this battle with a 1:19:23 !!!!! Until next time !!!!

I rocked and electrified the Las Vegas Strip !!!!