The Lava Report

San Andrea's Fault Line, one mile behind our park. Today we mountain biked 5 hard miles. dropped bikes, ran a gnarly 2 miles. Repeated 4 x's. Came out to actually 20 miles on the bikes, 8 miles running. All on beautiful landscaped unspoiled mother natured desert trails, fireroads, dunes and caves. We all stayed together. A solid 10. E ticket. Epic. And we are stronger from it. The best part of it all??? We video cammed and watched back at mobile over BBQ and bests out any crap showing on TV right now. We were laughing, hooting, high fiving. We are blessed and fortunate.

We know where the secret spots are out there behind our Tiki mobile home. Secret meaning, only we seem to know of it, and we've gotten to know it well. San Andrea's Fault line, the earth and formation's there are out of this world. Huge fun. Huge exploration. Challenging training. We would like to share it with a certain few this fall when it cool's down. We are used to the heat. Acclimated. Most would crack right now. But if you didn't you can handle anything after this.

You can actually sign up on this link.. Click here to see more info. Sign up so we can keep our local races alive. This is one where you really get your money's worth. Four free lift passes for family and friends with an inexpensive entry fee??? Beautiful.

Using Mt. Baldy Duathlon race coming up as a focus, rode, dropped bikes, ran repeated 4x's to give all a very challenging and strength building 3 hour training session. Here Jodi out rides 2 of Bonita High's Varsity cross country runners, Mark and Dillon. They would then reel her in on the run, put in a nice gap, and then Jodi would do the same on the bike. They will be animals on the bike after sufficient training. Running is priority now though. Absolutely fun, maxed heart rate work out today!

The off road Mt. Baldy Duathlon is back on Sept. 18. This is a must do!!! It is a pretty challenging yet pretty short course. Not too technical but thin air grinding climbs. I did it last year and had a blast. It is right here in our backyard and an inexpensive entry. The race director really takes care of the athletes. Lots of schwag and goodies.I will post more info as I get it. Photo's here of Jodi @ previous Xterra by famous Terry Martin.

Five months. That's how long young Dillon Nobbs has been in the sport of triathlon. Coming from a swimming backround, a new and naturally fast runner (High School Varsity this freshman year) just placed 3rd @ USAT Junior Nationals. 45 seconds from 1st. And his cycling training has been minimal. His swim and run carried him. When X-country is over, cycling becomes a priority. And when that talent matches the other two, that cake mix is going to win lots of races.