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Aliso Woods run to
Top of the World, Laguna Beach - Friday July 4, 2008 |
Doug, who hates the heat, started at 6:30 AM and ran 7 miles from
Alicia up to the Top of the World (1,000' elev.) to meet Julian Shea,
Sue Rudolf & the Harveys at 8 AM. |
Steve doing his best "Arghhhh" Pirate growl! |
The Transrockies Old Goats - Steve & Doug.
Steve still doing his "Arghh".
(Think that will scare those Transrockies youngsters enough to make
them leave the trail and get lost? What a race tactic!) |
Annie & Steve Harvey and their mighty dog
Daffy.
Note fog still hugging
the Pacific Coast below. |
Steve, Julian & Sue up a little side trail before heading back down Cholla |
Steve cruising down the Woods Creek trail. |
Julian bombing down the same trail! |
Coming up Coyote trail.
Steve, Sue & Julian went
up the Mathis trail back to the Top of the World, while Doug left &
went back down to his car. He got in a total of 15.1 miles and
2,523' of GPS climbs. |
11.5 mile run on East Horsethief. |
Steve with the super healthy SoCal Trail HeadZ ladies |
Steve passing an early 1900's abandoned plow. |
Doug & Karen's 31st Anniversary day excursion to San Diego
(they were married the day after 7-7-77!) |
Karen Malewicki walking along the San Diego harbor. |
Walking near the San Diego Convention center
Art? |
The WW2 Kissing statue based on the famous photo by Alfred
Eisenstaedt of a Sailor kissing a
nurse in Time Square, New York on V-J Day Aug. 14, 1945.
"20 foot tall Doug" (not) grabs the leg of this 25 foot tall statue.
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Hey... us senior citizens can enjoy this celebration too!
Had time to get a little running in along the beach. On Friday,
Doug cycled 51.2 miles from Oceanside to home. |
July 16, 2008 - Whiting Ranch reopens! Our first time since
the California forest fires of October 07'. |
Randy Davis, Sue Rudolph, Paul Avedian & Skip Molina |
Our new TrailHeadZ T-Shirts |
Yahoo! Finally getting to run Whiting again!
John Cole followed by Clark Foster, Sue, Paul & Randy. |
The fire ruined this cactus. Looks melted!. |
Ooops!
Doug's Friday July 18, 2008 training accident!
This had nothing to do
with running. 5 of us are cycling from San Francisco to Los
Angeles starting on Sunday August 3rd from the base of the Golden Gate
Bridge. I have cut down on my running mileage to get in some
needed TOB (Time On Butt) before that 540 mile ride. I am pretty
sure the extra training for the quads pedaling up all the hills along
scenic Coast Highway 1 can only make trudging up hills on Transrockies
easier. Legs and lungs already in good shape. Butt, arms
and shoulders need to re-adapt for long days on the bike.
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X-Ray of Doug's 4th finger on his right hand. Happened at
5 MPH. Didn't even fall over. |
Nothing was broken - just a dislocation. Orthopedic specialist,
Doctor Ip took all of 3 seconds to get it popped back in place.
Didn't even have to pull on my finger. He just gently rolled his
thumb on the bump sticking out and it was over.
Young guy - I told him I hate him because I have had to sign "M A L
E W I C K I" a million times. It is unfair to have a two letter
last name!
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Next day, I rode the Santiago Canyon Loop - the best road hills in
Orange County, CA. Wore my new Garmin 305 GPS. Have been curious as to
the amount of climbing. 36.2 miles and +2,201' of climbs. |
On
Sunday morning a friend and I biked to Huntington Beach where a
big surfing contest was in progress. Very crowded. Got in
another 41.8 miles for a total of 102 miles for the week.
Worst
thing of this whole finger incident was that I had to slit part of my
biking glove so I could get my two "buddy" taped fingers inside - Boo
Hoo. |
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July 25 - 28, 2008 Weekend Trip to
Washington, DC for 50th Rocketry Reunion |
Karen & I on the shore of Lake Anne with our host & long time friend
Mike Poss. |
Running on the extensive Reston, Virginia trails. |
Some of the 350 attendees at the 50th Rocketry Reunion. |
Doug, NASA Goddard's Jim Barrowman & Professor Gerry Gregorek of Ohio
State Univ. |
Karen & I with Dane & Jenny Boles by the Lincoln Memorial on the Wash,
DC Mall. |
Helping the good alien battle the bad aliens (at the Herschorn Gardens
on the Mall). |
Panorama view of the Washington Monument.
Panorama view of the World War II Memorial.
To the right - a P-40 Flying Tiger up close at the Udvar-Hazy Air &
Space Museum at Dulles airport. |
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