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  • TRIOBA Sprint Adventure Race - May 19

    don't call it a comeback... i could still fall apart (i'm no ll cool j). historical presidence not withstanding - i'm feeling good. the more time off i take the better the knee feels. funny how that works huh?... however mentally i'm going crazy, and i'm certainly not getting in any [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2007, 1:42pm EDT
    by Hart

  • Cannondale F900 Frame For Sale w/ XT Crank + LX Derailluer

    GREAT MOUNTAIN BIKE! Black 1998 Cannondale F900 - eBay Listing Great light frame in good shape - normal wear from a good year of racing (it's been safely stored since then). Bike comes with full 1 1/8 coversion kit installed. This means you have the option of putting any fork you [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2007, 5:41pm EDT
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  • constant disappointment

    i have to rant here for a second. first i can't find my car. it was either stolen or towed. i rarely drive so it's not uncommon for me to spend some time walking the streets looking for where i parked it last. but i've been around the hood and [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2007, 9:24pm EDT
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  • wild hair

    bee in my bonnet if you will. last winter i took off for a few months to jackson hole. took the amga ski guiding course, an advanced avalanche course.. then spent weeks just backcountry skiing and training before getting frost bite, racing in a 24hr ski mountaineering event and heading [...]
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    Posted: April 21, 2007, 8:29am EDT
    by Hart

  • knee, barkley and hope

    part of getting what you want is knowing what you have to give up to get it. knee news: right now the knee still hurts. last week after two week of no running i had a great trail run, 3 miles of pretty pain free running. i got very excited and [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2007, 11:09am EDT
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  • paddle stats

    today i paddled from nwoc in seattle to st eds park in kenmore, wa and back. wind was with me on the way out and wanted to fight me on the way back. i won. good average heartrate. lifting upper body yesterday bit me in the ass for the first [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2007, 1:58pm EDT
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  • paddle for your life

    a couple nights ago i finished the may issue (seems a bit early for a may issue?!) of trail runner magazine. on page 22 is a picture of my adventure racing teammate ryan vangorder on a riverboard. but what got me thinking was the run amok colum by brian meltzer [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2007, 11:40am EDT
    by Hart

  • knee news

    this just in. got in to see my wonderful dr steven hughes, who didn't really have much to work with since i'd been icing so often the injury had calmed down (and it generally doesn't hurt when i walk). he did say he doesn't think it's a "static" injury, meaning [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2007, 8:34am EDT
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  • the knee

    i have a knee injury. i am stupid. these things are working against me right now. yesterday i was helping my buddy cory more into his new house in issaquah. he is a mile from the paraglider landing point from the top of tiger mtn. at first i thought, "i'll [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2007, 8:38am EDT
    by Hart

  • and so it begins

    today i rode 75 miles in the rain on my road bike. today officially starts my real training for the season. meaning a lot of things.. i'm going to focus and stop messing around. diet and dedication change as of today. i've got an ankle (from c4p) and knee injury [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2007, 9:05pm EDT
    by Hart

  • jure robic and 24 solo

    i just had to share this article about slovenian jure robic, 2 time winner of the raam (race across america) - yes it's 7 pages but it's good (thanks cyril). dood is stranger than i am. here is the movie trailer for "24 Solo" the mtn bike movie about chris eatough's [...]
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    Posted: March 07, 2007, 9:33am EST
    by Hart

  • live every week like it's shark week

    it is, after all my 32nd birthday today. yep you missed it - you weren't alone trust me. my mother thought it was my 31st! damn... if she isn't keeping track then who is? alright then, i'm 28 today instead. i got to reminiscing about better times and found a blog [...]
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    Posted: March 06, 2007, 10:59pm EST
    by Hart

  • my first 100 miler - big horn 100

    ok so i'm running in fruita, co with roch horton. we were on our way back from mexican food and i was talking about maybe signing up for my first 100 mile race. a friend had raved about the big horn 100, and thought it would be a perfect "first [...]
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    Posted: March 02, 2007, 6:37am EST
    by Hart

  • i can't sit still, but i should

    went for a quick paddle yesterday in a full on hale storm.. gotta love seattle. yep - it's official - i am no longer a skier. i'm sitting in my condo icing my ankle while it dumps in the cascades... and i don't really care. is that sad? i just [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2007, 7:21am EST
    by Hart

  • coyote 4 play

    c4p is a tough one to describe. basically it's an invite only four day ultrarunning event. if you are willing and able you can add two big days before the event called scrub runs where you run the backbone trail (70 miles) through the santa monica mountains. with the scrub [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2007, 6:40pm EST
    by Hart

  • either you trained today or you didn't

    "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2007, 8:44am EST
    by Hart

  • Montrail-Nathan Ultra Running Team

    give up your high paying job, train your ass off, race hard... and good things happen? sometimes. after my performance at the hurt 100km i was named to the montrail-nathan national ultrarunning team! this is very exciting for me, and means a new focus in my solo racing. i just signed [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2007, 10:31am EST
    by Hart

  • I'm no wasatch speed goat

    ran with the original wasatch speed goat today. let's just say i'm no karl meltzer - went out on his bread and butter 9 mile, 2,000 ft gain run with him in little cottonwood canyon, sandy ut- awesome trail, beautiful day. ah yeah, he would basically drop me on every [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2007, 10:36am EST
    by Hart

  • pritchart/hunter canyon run

    the best singletrack i found in moab was on my pritchart to hunter canyon run i did on fri 2/2/06. the way out pritchart is entertaining and nice, but it's doubletrack. karl had told me about this run and i was happy with the first half for sure. but once [...]
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    Posted: February 02, 2007, 7:44am EST
    by Hart

  • My Love and Hate Relationship With Moab

    i'm in moab, utah right now. if you ride a bike on trail you know, moab is the mountain bike mecca of north america. moab in the winter is like a total secret. the trail barely get snow, and it often just melts a few hours into the day. i [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2007, 7:34pm EST
    by Hart

  • 2007 Winter Outdoor Retailer Show

    the 2007 winter outdoor retailer show ended yesterday. i'm glad it's over. i also think my buddy steve should quit his high paying job at yahoo and come run one of these companies... the outdoor industry needs you buddy! product highlights: montrail's new nitrous shoeblack diamonds whole new ski linenuun's new kona [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2007, 8:45am EST
    by Hart

  • slc danelle ibike harvard

    aloha from salt lake city, ut! i'm here for the winter outdoor retailer show. should be a blast.. and of course a lot of work. these silly english folk talk funny. it's 9 degrees out right now. a few of us skied snowbird yesterday - terrible. i am admittedly a ski [...]
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    Posted: January 26, 2007, 9:41am EST
    by Hart

  • Na Pali Coast - Kalalau Trail Run

    krissy and i headed to kauai after the hurt 100. we spent 5 days relaxing, sight seeing, going to luau's and just recovering. the last day we hit the na pali coast. i ended up running the 22 mile kalalau trail (11 out, 11 back). what an amazing run! if [...]
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    Posted: January 20, 2007, 6:33am EST
    by Hart

  • 2007 hurt 100 race report

    in the world of ultramarathons there are a couple races that are feared... even a newbie like myself knows that the hardrock 100 and the hurt 100 are considered two of the toughest 100 milers. with krissy heading to oahu to race in this years hurt 100 miler i could [...]
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    Posted: January 20, 2007, 11:16pm EST
    by Hart

  • hurt 100 ultra - quick and dirty

    here is the quick and dirty on the hurt 100 2007. krissy ran the most amazing and consistent five 20 mile loops ever witnessed. she broke the course record and came in second overall in the 100 mile race. i ran well in the 100k race and felt good. after a couple [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2007, 11:00am EST
    by Hart
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