Below is a little film from my part of the 2016 SKItoSEA relay race, which this year was 92+ miles from the summit of Mt. Baker to the shores of Bellingham Bay. Seven events: XC ski, hike/downhill ski, road-run, road-bike, canoe, XC-bike, and sea Kayak. I was my teams 3rd pick for the Road-bike leg after the first two dropped out due to scheduling issues. I rode my single speed a little in the month before to get back into fighting shape… I did a poor job. In my defense the weather was miserable: I sat and waited in 38 degrees F for 3 hours, in the pouring rain for the start of my leg. The wind and driving rain made 35 of my 42 mile leg, supper slippery and a hell of a lot scarier than I had planned/trained for. Add the 20 extra pounds I am toting around and I am shocked that I didn’t keel over.

I had figured my finish time would be around 2:15, but I came in completely out of gas and cramping at 2:32:27. Man, I hurt! I have to get super serious about training as I have a Warrior Dash in July, a road race in August, and some stupid Navy Seal Fitness Test I volunteered for in September. I am not joining the Navy, they would laugh me out of the recruiters office. This is an ego thing to see if a big group of us at work can manage to meet the minimum standards for BUDs Training.

Blah, blah, blah…. Anyway, this is a small short version documenting my lack of performance , but a whole race film is in the works.