70at70 SUMMARY! 

Wow!  The Old Goat got his 70 miles in!
(click on any photo to see a larger version)

 Almost at the end - on the final leg of Chiquita Trail
(No, geezer Doug did not need a ladder to get up on top of that rock!)
 
70at70 Total Distance (miles)  Total Climbs (feet)
Day 1 26.37 5,380
Day 2 31.39 10,442
Day 3 20.62 3,876
TOTALS 78.38 19,698

(Note: Our 2008 Transrockies team race was 106 miles with a total of 19,170' of climbs IN 6 days!)


 Day 2, March 28th, was my actual
  birthday!  This healthy angel food cake was made by Karen, my wife of 31 years.

The cake that daughter Michelle and grand daughter Sierra brought to the Candy Store parking lot party at the finish on day 3 was made by Keira Henninger. 


DAY 1 - 70at70 runner friends

Kirk Fortini, Corrine Wallace, Pete Vara & Leon Gray


DAY 1 - 70at70 finish party

Doug, Leon & Jean Ho

Jean Ho and Lambert Timmermans were waiting for us at the 70at70 Day 1 finish with sandwiches and Flat Tire beer!  Whoo Hoo!


DAY 2 - 70at70 pacer buddy

Kirk Fortini
Kirk spent ALL 3 days pacing me!  This nice easy pace was part of his recovery from the evil Coyote Two Moons 100 mile race he finished two weeks earlier.  Everyone in our 100+ member SoCal Trail Headz club thinks Kirk is the best!


Day 2 - 70at70 trail finish

Kirk carrying me across the FINISH line of the Old Goats 50 mile race.  That was at the end of "29.1 miles on the trails" with 10,442' of climbs.  I needed a lift!

DAY 3 - 70at70 runner friends

Jim Warren & Kirk Fortini

Jim is shown here bombing along on the Chiquita trail.


DAY 3 - 70at70 finish party

Clark Foster, Doug, Jim Warren, Kirk Fortini, daughter Michelle Barton & John Cole (Photo taken by grand daughter 9 year old Sierra Barton).

Clark & John are mountain biking buddies and my SkyTran business partners who went riding after the party.  Note Clark is wearing one of our custom Transrockies 2008 shirts.

MORE PHOTOS FOR EACH DAY AT THE 70at70 RESULTS LINKS BELOW

 

 


"Do or do not.  There is no try."  Yoda
 

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