SWYL League Meet #1

SWYL League Meet #1
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
  Liberty HS, Bakersfield

Complete Results HERE.

X 800 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Blake Haney	2:00.41a	STOC	10
2	Connor Fisher	2:00.66a	STOC	11
3	Chris Mata	2:02.10a	CNTE	10
4	Brad Utt	2:06.03a	Fron	12
5	Spencer Shotts	2:06.66a	LIBR	12
6	Eric Millan	2:08.86a	CNTE	12
7	Andre Canepa	2:11.07a	STOC	10
8	Jared Cantrell	2:11.31a	BAKE	11
9	Ramon Ramirez Jr	2:11.95a	Inde	9
10	Jonathan Salinas	2:12.51a	Inde	11
11	Mike Facio	2:12.57a	Inde	12
12	Tyler Clark	2:16.44a	Fron	10
13	Curtis Kelly	2:16.80a	STOC	12
14	Christian Romero	2:17.14a	Fron	9
15	Troy Mullen	2:19.22a	STOC	12
16	Josue Flores	2:22.67a	BAKE	11
17	Jassiel Martinez	2:25.99a	Fron	10
18	Josh Smith	2:27.23a	Inde	12
19	Michael Galarza	2:37.57a	Inde	12
20	Shan Singh	2:42.12a	Inde	12
21	Maulin Shah	2:42.60a	CNTE	12
22	Alex Solis	2:48.60a	STOC	12
23	Iman Sheikh	2:51.19a	Inde	11
	Cameron Miller	SCR	STOC	12
	Brandon Clark	SCR	STOC	12
	Kyle Montgomery	SCR	BAKE	12
X 800 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Trevor Martin	2:15.32a	CNTE	9
2	Mason Holbrook	2:16.25a	CNTE	9
3	Issiac Espinoza	2:16.74a	LIBR	10
4	Romo Gerardo	2:16.79a	BAKE	10
5	Isaac Trevino	2:20.30a	CNTE	9
6	Luis Gaona	2:21.19a	BAKE	10
7	Kyle Bounthong	2:31.68a	Inde	9
8	Adrian Mejia	2:39.13a	Inde	10
9	Joseph Constantine	2:41.38a	Fron	9
10	Jose Gonzalez	2:41.69a	Inde	10
11	Harley Lyle	2:41.93a	Fron	10
12	Noah Lozano	2:46.13a	Fron	9
13	Griffin Bloom	2:46.15a	Fron	9
	David Juarez	SCR	Inde	9
	David Hothan	SCR	Inde	10
	Daniel Flores	SCR	BAKE	10
	Elban Flannegan	SCR	BAKE	10
X 1600 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Blake Haney	4:21.49a	STOC	10
2	Connor Fisher	4:24.72a	STOC	11
3	Cameron Miller	4:25.19a	STOC	12
4	Jacob Barger	4:33.54a	Fron	11
5	Curtis Kelly	4:37.50a	STOC	12
6	Craig Varner	4:39.23a	CNTE	12
7	Chris Mata	4:40.14a	CNTE	10
8	Keane Kelley	4:43.29a	STOC	9
9	Tyler Moffit	4:45.10a	LIBR	12
10	Scott Van Matre	4:45.71a	BAKE	10
11	Evan Bowman	4:46.39a	BAKE	11
12	Brad Utt	4:47.61a	Fron	12
13	Daniel Perez	4:53.15a	CNTE	10
14	German Ramos	4:57.51a	LIBR	11
15	Ramon Ramirez Jr	4:59.62a	Inde	9
16	Mike Facio	5:02.25a	Inde	12
17	Christian Romero	5:07.42a	Fron	9
18	Ricardo Carrillo	5:08.45a	Inde	11
19	Spencer Shotts	5:10.31a	LIBR	12
20	Brandon Clark	5:13.12a	STOC	12
21	Tyler Clark	5:13.97a	Fron	10
22	Jonathan Salinas	5:16.21a	Inde	11
23	Owen Smith	5:19.49a	Fron	10
24	Jassiel Martinez	5:20.13a	Fron	10
25	Tony Olivarez	5:21.37a	Inde	12
26	Alex Horvath	5:28.20a	Fron	12
27	Josue Flores	5:31.00a	BAKE	11
28	Brent Williams	5:36.74a	CNTE	12
29	Josh Smith	5:36.90a	Inde	12
30	Michael Galarza	5:48.80a	Inde	12
31	Maulin Shah	5:57.31a	CNTE	12
32	Iman Sheikh	6:23.11a	Inde	11
33	Shan Singh	6:35.78a	Inde	12
	Eric Millan	SCR	CNTE	12
	Josh White	SCR	CNTE	11
X 1600 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Trevor Martin	4:53.06a	CNTE	9
2	Issiac Espinoza	4:58.38a	LIBR	10
3	Alexis Raya	5:06.03a	LIBR	10
4	Mason Holbrook	5:08.55a	CNTE	9
5	Elban Flannegan	5:14.56a	BAKE	10
6	Isaac Trevino	5:19.25a	CNTE	9
7	Joe Gardella	5:19.84a	Fron	9
8	Tim Doolittle	5:19.87a	LIBR	9
9	Brandon Johnson	5:23.23a	Fron	9
10	Davian Medrano	5:26.26a	STOC	10
11	Isaiah Odom	5:27.38a	LIBR	9
12	Martin Angulo	5:28.10a	Inde	10
13	Brooks Garner	5:28.27a	LIBR	9
14	David Pedroza	5:42.11a	STOC	9
15	Kyle Bounthong	5:45.91a	Inde	9
16	Joseph Constantine	5:52.78a	Fron	9
17	Benjamin Price	5:53.25a	BAKE	10
18	Daniel Flores	5:53.50a	BAKE	10
19	Harley Lyle	5:53.78a	Fron	10
20	Brady Bumgarner	5:55.05a	Fron	9
21	Scott Bradley	6:01.90a	Fron	9
22	Jose Gonzalez	6:02.11a	Inde	10
23	Noah Lozano	6:05.45a	Fron	9
24	Griffin Bloom	6:08.49a	Fron	9
25	Chris Higgins	6:10.67a	LIBR	9
	David Juarez	DNS	Inde	9
	David Hothan	DNF	Inde	10
	Jeff Castillo	DNS	STOC	10
X 3200 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Craig Varner	9:54.15a	CNTE	12
2	Jacob Barger	10:02.31a	Fron	11
3	Tyler Moffit	10:21.57a	LIBR	12
4	Josh White	10:23.17a	CNTE	11
5	Evan Bowman	10:23.47a	BAKE	11
6	Scott Van Matre	10:33.76a	BAKE	10
7	Keane Kelley	10:33.84a	STOC	9
8	German Ramos	10:34.82a	LIBR	11
9	Daniel Perez	10:37.19a	CNTE	10
10	Ramon Ramirez Jr	10:40.53a	Inde	9
11	Ricardo Carrillo	11:24.41a	Inde	11
12	Tony Olivarez	11:39.78a	Inde	12
13	Owen Smith	11:51.15a	Fron	10
14	Brent Williams	11:51.28a	CNTE	12
15	Christian Romero	12:09.68a	Fron	9
	Alek Catlett	SCR	CNTE	10
X 3200 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Alexis Raya	10:53.65a	LIBR	10
2	Tim Doolittle	11:30.22a	LIBR	9
3	Joe Gardella	11:31.48a	Fron	9
4	Davian Medrano	11:38.09a	STOC	10
5	Isaiah Odom	11:55.13a	LIBR	9
6	Brooks Garner	12:17.42a	LIBR	9
7	Chris Higgins	12:28.02a	LIBR	9
8	Scott Bradley	13:31.46a	Fron	9
9	Adrian Mejia	14:01.96a	Inde	10
	Martin Angulo	SCR	Inde	10
	Benjamin Price	SCR	BAKE	10
	Brady Bumgarner	SCR	Fron	9
800 Meters - Varsity - Finals   1 Tori Blackmon 2:29.28a STOC 11 2 Morganne Hill 2:29.55a LIBR 9 3 Emme Schoenborn 2:33.02a CNTE 10 4 Tala Haddad 2:35.64a STOC 10 5 Ambar Cruz 2:36.10a Fron 11 6 Jenessa Reyes 2:36.66a Fron 10 7 Katelynn Webb 2:38.43a Inde 12 8 Lisa Tobias 2:39.42a LIBR 11 9 Allison Holmes 2:42.83a LIBR 11 10 Christine Gutierrez 2:46.14a CNTE 10 11 Veronica Morley 2:46.84a CNTE 10 12 Megan McNairn 2:47.19a Fron 9 13 Bree Garcia 3:05.15a CNTE 10 Kaylan Tarlton SCR Inde 11 Danielle Braughton SCR CNTE 9 Gabriela Villasenor SCR BAKE 9 Angelica Mora SCR BAKE 11 Bianca Savarese SCR Inde 12   X 800 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals   1 Kacey Talbot 2:45.44a STOC 9 2 Sarah Voss 2:49.09a Fron 10 3 Sara Frey 2:51.30a Fron 9 4 Jennifer Chumbe 2:55.40a Inde 9 5 Jessica Savarese 2:57.00a Inde 9 6 Brooke Riehl 2:57.44a Fron 9 7 Ciara Senn 3:06.77a Fron 10 8 Stephanie Becerra 3:18.00a Inde 10   X 1600 Meters - Varsity - Finals   1 Tori Blackmon 5:31.67a STOC 11 2 Jessica Campbell 5:34.25a Fron 11 3 Molly Pruett 5:35.15a CNTE 10 4 Riddhi Patel 5:35.40a STOC 11 5 Camille Campos 5:40.50a STOC 9 6 Lisa Tobias 5:41.39a LIBR 11 7 Jocelyn Macias 5:41.75a LIBR 9 8 Katie Young 5:43.35a LIBR 10 9 Ambar Cruz 5:44.27a Fron 11 10 Sarah Kinder 5:51.06a LIBR 11 11 Olivia Fisher 5:52.99a STOC 10 12 Emme Schoenborn 5:55.15a CNTE 10 13 Shelby Trevino 5:55.59a Fron 12 14 Jenessa Reyes 5:55.94a Fron 10 15 Marbella Diaz 5:56.79a BAKE 10 16 Shayla Russell 5:57.79a Inde 12 17 Brenda Lopez 5:58.66a LIBR 9 18 Katelynn Webb 5:59.07a Inde 12 19 Yareli Ocampo 6:01.03a Fron 10 20 Megan McNairn 6:13.54a Fron 9 21 Marissa Brown 6:17.93a LIBR 9 22 Sophia Busacca 6:18.01a LIBR 10 23 Bianca Savarese 6:18.98a Inde 12 24 Veronica Morley 6:34.80a CNTE 10 25 Jackie Murray 6:35.08a CNTE 9 26 Laura Estenssoro 6:35.09a LIBR 11 27 Jordan Joke 6:42.84a LIBR 9 28 Hannah Erro 6:44.20a LIBR 10 29 Nikola Hermosilla 6:54.65a CNTE 9 30 Gracie Moore 7:07.43a CNTE 11 31 Danielle Braughton 7:51.43a CNTE 9 32 Bree Garcia 8:12.40a CNTE 10 Kaylan Tarlton SCR Inde 11 Kristine Varner SCR CNTE 9 Gabriela Villasenor SCR BAKE 9 Lena Klaesges SCR BAKE 12 Maleeya Hermosilla SCR CNTE 12 Angelica Mora SCR BAKE 11 Tessa Dudley SCR LIBR 11   X 1600 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals   1 Sara Frey 6:00.93a Fron 9 2 Arriel Martinez 6:15.39a Fron 9 3 Sarah Voss 6:18.03a Fron 10 4 Brooke Riehl 6:39.31a Fron 9 5 Ciara Senn 6:57.00a Fron 10 6 Abigail Parnell 7:13.02a BAKE 10 Stephanie Becerra SCR Inde 10 Bailey Klepaeki SCR STOC 9 Jessica Savarese SCR Inde 9 Jennifer Chumbe SCR Inde 9   X 3200 Meters - Varsity - Finals   1 Molly Pruett 12:07.55a CNTE 10 2 Jessica Campbell 12:18.52a Fron 11 3 Camille Campos 12:26.32a STOC 9 4 Riddhi Patel 12:31.78a STOC 11 5 Shayla Russell 12:37.89a Inde 12 6 Katie Young 12:40.02a LIBR 10 7 Yareli Ocampo 12:41.65a Fron 10 8 Jocelyn Macias 12:50.22a LIBR 9 9 Marbella Diaz 12:51.67a BAKE 10 10 Christine Gutierrez 12:55.87a CNTE 10 11 Sarah Kinder 13:03.14a LIBR 11 12 Shelby Trevino 13:15.74a Fron 12 13 Brenda Lopez 13:31.05a LIBR 9 14 Marissa Brown 14:45.75a LIBR 9 15 Jordan Joke 14:53.07a LIBR 9 16 Hannah Erro 14:56.46a LIBR 10 17 Nikola Hermosilla 15:07.99a CNTE 9 Jackie Murray SCR CNTE 9 Kristine Varner SCR CNTE 9 Gabriela Villasenor SCR BAKE 9 Sophia Busacca SCR LIBR 10 Olivia Fisher SCR STOC 10 Laura Estenssoro SCR LIBR 11 Tessa Dudley SCR LIBR 11 Gracie Moore SCR CNTE 11 Maleeya Hermosilla SCR CNTE 12 Lena Klaesges SCR BAKE 12 Angelica Mora SCR BAKE 11   X 3200 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals   1 Bailey Klepaeki 12:21.42a STOC 9 2 Arriel Martinez 13:46.46a Fron 9 Abigail Parnell SCR BAKE 10

East Bakersfield Relays

Saturday, March 03, 2012
  Bakersfield College, Bakersfield

Boys

4x800: Stockdale, 8:10; HJ: Eggenberg, Stock, 6-4; SP: Valov, Front, 43-10; LJ: Muncy, KV, 20-11 1/2; Dis: Ortega, MM, 147; PV: Dunn, Fr, 12-6; TJ: Hannible, BHS, 41-2 1/2; 110h: King, Cent, 15.46; 1600: Fisher, Stock, 4:28.83; 300h: King, Cent, 40.27; 4x100: Highland, 42.88; 4x200: Highland, 1:31.67. 3200: Haney, Stock, 9:23.65; 4x400: Highland, 3:30.98.

Girls

4x800: Liberty, 10:15.60; LJ: Tanner, Stock, 16-8; 100: Hicks, BHS, 15.15; PV: Williamson, Cent, 9-6; HJ: Chelsey, Stock, 5-4; 1600: Aldape, Shaft, 5:33.46; SP: Ramos, GV, and Torres, BHS, 38-3 (tie); 300h: Lee-McNeill, Lib, 46.97; 4x100: Centennial, 50.4; TJ: Tanner, Stock, 35-10 1/2; 4x200: Centennial, 1:48.12; 3200: Berry, High, 11:54.44; Dis: Blansett, Ridge, 126-6; 4x400: North, 4:10.75.

Team Reported Results HERE.

An Old Bear Can Learn New Tricks!

I have been running since 1979 and back then we didn't know about hydration or nutrition. Sure a race might have water on the course but most of us thought it was a sign of weakness to drink for the most part. I use to do 20 mile training runs and not drink a drop of water. Now I carry a bottle when I walk my son to school (a 3 mile walk).

Of course back then all sports behaved like this. I played football for a few years and I remember not being allowed to drink during pre-season training. So since we were not even drinking water, we definitely did not know anything about electrolyte replacement. Sure Gatorade came out back then but I just remember it being sugary with a little salt thrown in. Besides it was never mixed right and I do not think it helped much anyways.

Over the past years, I have improved my hydration and nutrition but I just recently found Saltstick. At most races I just hope to get what I need from the snacks at the aid station and even though I have not had any stomach or cramping issues, I knew I should be a little more vigilant on my electrolytes.

So at the Ray Miller 50 Miler, I started taking the Saltstick electrolyte capsules. They had a bowl of them at each aid station and I would grab a couple and tried to take one once an hour or so. they are real easy to swallow on the run btw.

As I said before, I have not had issues during the race but i think taking these throughout the race, really helped with my recovery. The week after Ray Miller, I was able to resume my 100 mile weeks and felt good. I also think Saltstick will help me at the San Diego 100 and the Angeles Crest 100 miler especially since it should be much warmer at these races.

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The Start of Another Season

West Coast Relays

5 years ago I returned to the local track and field scene with the EB Relays. Back then it was an old school meet and it still is. They never promote the meet despite it being the local season opener and complete results are never made public either.

Recently my power walkers and I have been training on the track and stairs and the track is in terrible shape. We could not believe how many cracks there are on the track and how hard the surface is compared to most other tracks in the valley.

In the past, I went to this meet as a coach and reporter but my camera is broke and I have Bakersfield Distance Projecters to run with in the morning. So I will not be attending this meet this year. I will be running a 20 miler in preparation for the LA marathon.

The meet added a 4 x 800 a few years ago and it is always a fun race to watch. In the past there has also been a 1600 and 3200 race which should be an early season showcase for Stockdale's Cameron Miller and Blake Haney who both qualified for the state meet last year.

Please post photos and race reports on the Kern County Track and Field FaceBook page.

Hoka Time

Stinson B

About a year ago, I ran a Pacific Coast Trail Run and saw my first Hoka OneOnes. I thought they looked like moon boots and thought they were very odd. I had not run an ultra yet but I had already experienced foot pain in marathons and was looking for relief. Later in the year, I ran my first 50 miler (Leona Divide) and later on ran the Bishop 50 Miler. In both races my feet took a beating but I survived.

After climbing Whitney twice in ten days, I decided to try a hundred miler and choose the 100 Mile Endurance Challenge. It was an urban ultra from Corona to Santa Monica so I would not have to deal with altitude or monster climbs and descents. But I was facing a lot of pavement and sidewalk and I was not looking forward to the foot pain.

When I got to the starting line of my first hundred, it seemed like half the field was wearing Hoka One Ones and I wished I was even though I had never worn a pair. Well I made it 60 miles or so before my feet started killing me and I finished in 28:22 despite my foot pain.

Mile 88

Now with two hundreds coming up this summer (San Diego & Angeles Crest), I decided to buy a pair. Besides saving my feet, I have heard they help with descending and that is where I lose a lot of time in races. In fact, I missed the 28 mile cut off at the Ray Miller 50 Miler (I ended up doing  Miler) a because I was so slow on the steep descents.

Since I am not near any store who carries them, I decided to buy them from Zombie Runner who got them to me in two days (Free shipping btw!). Plus I saved 10% by using the Badwater code.

My first impression when I put them on was they ran true to size. I have been wearing tens forever (all brands) and they fit like most of the shoes I have owned. Now standing in them was odd because they have a lot of cushion. My sons thought I looked funny in them and I felt taller too.

Since I had some time, I went for a 40 minute walk / run in them. Walking felt very weird and slow too but running felt great. They seemed to really help me keep the Chi Running form that has helped me stay injury free over the years. Since I only ran on the bike path, I did not get to try them on some hills but this first test run was aces. Of course tomorrow's 20 miler will be a better test.

2011 Cross Country Archive

• 12.10.11 FootLocker Championships at Balboa Park, San Diego
• 12.03.11 Nike Cross National Championships at Portland Meadows, OR
• 12.03.11 Footlocker West Regional at Mt.Sac
• 11.26.11 CIF State Championships at Woodward Park
• 11.12.11 NCAA Division 1 West Regional CSUB Competes
• 11.10.11 CIF Central Divisional Championships Complete Results HERE.
• 11.03.11 SEYL, SWYL & SYL Championships at Hart Park
• 11.02.11 SSL League Finals Shafter Sweeps Team Titles
• 10.29.11 Kern County Championships at Hart Park
• 10.22.11 Mt. Sac Invite
• 10.21.11 Mt. Sac Invite
• 10.21.11 Cal State Fullerton Titan Invite CSUB Competes
• 10.19.11 SWYL League Meet 3.0 at River Walk
• 10.19.11 North & East at Highland
• 10.19.11 Garces at Foothill
• 10.19.11 South & Mira Monte at West
• 10.19.11 Golden Valley at Ridgeview
• 10.15.11 Cal State Northridge Invite CSUB Competes
• 10.15.11 Cal Poly SLO Invite Foothill Competes
• 10.15.11 Santa Clarita Valley Invite Stockdale Boys Win
• 10.14.11 Roughrider Invite at Woodward Park
• 10.12.11 West at Golden Valley West Boys & Golden Valley Girls Win
• 10.12.11 SWYL League Meet 2.0 Mustang Boys & Girls Win
• 10.08.11 Taft Invite Shafter Boys & Girls Win
• 10.08.11 UCSD Triton Invite CSUB Competes
• 10.08.11 Clovis Invite at Woodward Park
• 10.05.11 Foothill at North North Boys & Girls Win
• 10.05.11 South at Ridgeview Ridgeview Boys & Girls Win
• 10.05.11 Highland at Garces Highland Boys & Garces Girls Win
• 09.30.11 Golden West Invite McFarland Boys & Girls Win
• 09.28.11 Foothill at East Foothill Boys & East Girls win
• 09.28.11 North at Garces North Boys & Girls Win
• 09.28.11 Ridgeview at West Ridgeview Boys & West Girls Win
• 09.28.11 SWYL league Meet 1.0 Stockdale Boys & Girls Win
• 09.24.11 Stanford Invite Stockdale Boys Win
• 09.24.11 Bell - Jeff Invite Bakersfield High Competes
• 09.24.11 Roadrunner Invite CSUB Hosts
• 09.24.11 Wolfpack Invite Shafter Boys & McFarland Girls Win. Results
• 09.23.11 BC Invite
• 09.17.11 Jim White Invite McFarland Girls & Madera south Boys Win
• 09.17.11 Woodbridge Invite Stockdale Boys Take Third in Sweepstakes Race
• 09.16.11 Woodbridge Invite Golden Valley Competes
• 09.16.11 Hanford Invite Shafter Competes
• 09.16.11 Sanger Invite
• 09.14.11 EB Invite Stockdale Boys & McFarland Girls Win
• 09.10.11 Asics / UC Irvine Invite CSUB Competes
• 09.10.11 Morro Bay Invite Centennial, Taft & Golden Valley Compete
• 09.09.11 Wasco Invite Shafter takes team titles. Team Results HERE.
• 09.09.11 Seaside Invite McFarland's Freshmen girls win team title
• 09.07 Highlander Invite Centennial Boys Take Second
• 09.01.11 Delano & Shafter at McFarland The Cougars win both team races
• 08.31.11 West at Tehachapi Warriors win both team races
• 09.01.11 Malibu Oceanside Open CSUB Competes
• 08.25.11 McFarland High School Alumni Race
• 08.20.11 LA84 Cross Country Clinic Free But PriceLess
• 08.11.11 CSUB Gets a New Cross Country Coach
• 07.25.11 DyeStatCal / ESPN Ranks Stockdale's Miller & Haney as Top D! Cross Country Harriers
• 07.25.11 DyeStatCal / ESPN Ranked Stockdale 6th in D1 Cross Country
• 07.16.11 LA84 Cross Country Clinic Free But Priceless
• 06.18.11 LA84 Cross Country Clinic Free But Priceless

Sorry but I ain't leaving!

Sorry!

 I started  the day with an email from a fellow Daily Miler which I just had to share!



29 days to 75mile

    Colin E. wrote:

    feb 05 2012 at 10:06pm | Report

    You seem like a awesome guy... but you average like 100mi a week and it seems unfair for you to join my group when you finished it in 5 days.

    Can you leave the group, so the others can not feel defeated.

So I posted it on FaceBook and got a lot of great responses. It seems that most who know me know why I do what I do. They also know my journey which I doubt Colin knows. While I understand where Colin is coming from, I think he has it all wrong. I believe my mileage inspires and does not demoralize others.

I join all the challenges on Daily Mile because they are there and I have meet many because of the challenges. Sure many are for beginners and I complete them in a very short time but to say I am 'defeating"  people is kind of sad. Sad in that the author has such a low opinion of his fellow athletes.

Showing off?

Anyways, I do not plan to leave the group and plan to enter all the challenges I can. Am I showing off? Sure, I have an ego and I like the recognition that goes with piling on the miles but that is not the main reason I do it. it is pretty far done the list.

Why I do what I do list:

• To Save My Life! Not just from dying before my time but to live my life to the fullest. In 2009, I was pushing 300 pounds despite walking 60 to 70 miles a week. I did not eat a lot but my diet was a mess. I ate what I thought an endurance athlete should eat (carbs etc) and I was huge. I would go to the doctor and all he would do is try to put me on meds. I did not want to take that crap for the rest of my life and really hate that the medical profession has gone this route. Screw preventative medicine and just take a pill. Do not tell people to change their lifestyle, just pop a pill. 

• Well I said good by to the doctors and their prescription pads and pulled a Forrest Gump and just started walking. Since I have a degree in biology, I decided to research diets and find out what might work for me because what I was doing was not. funny how my doctor never even said a thing about changing my habits, he just filled out prescriptions for me.
• Basically, I realized insulin was the devil and to reduce my levels I needed to cut out the carbs. I read quite a few books and then found The Paleo Diet for Athletes and it was the blueprint to getting me to 235 pounds so far.

• Live My Life! Besides being grossly overweight, I was really out of shape, sure I walked some marathons and did some big hikes but I was not athletic at all. I could not move at all and had little strength besides putting one foot in front of the other. So with the help of Joe Petersen, I started becoming athletic again. His boot camps damn near killed me but two years later, I started to become athletic again.
• Set Goals and Achieve Them! I have always wanted to do an ultra marathon and knew I had to lose weight and put in a lot of miles to do both. So starting in 2009, I slowly built up from 70 miles a week to the 100 plus mile weeks I do now. I did this by walking every where I could.
• Inspire Others! In the fall of 2009, I saw Joe at Yokuts with his boot campers and came up with the idea of the Bakersfield Distance Project. I have been involved with endurance sports since 1979 and have always been a student of endurance sports as well and knew I could help people with their goals. I had just finished up coaching cross country and track at BHS and wanted to use the tools I had developed there to help adults achieve their goals.
• As a coach, I wanted to walk the talk so to speak and used myself as a guinea pig as well. Hence the mega mileage. I wanted to prove to others that it could be done and you would not die doing it. That if you train intelligently and with a plan, you could achieve your goals.
• Promote Endurance Sports! In 2006, I started covering local high school cross country and kept expanding my coverage. Part of my plan to promote the sport was to document my journey from a 300 pounder to a 100 mile finisher. With FaceBook and the Daily Mile, this was really easy. I could post my workouts and races and hopefully inspire others to JUST DO IT!
• Make My Passion My Job! I have been fortunate to do this my whole adult life. First with Andy Noise the Record Store and now as Andy Noise the coach / webmaster / blogger / photographer / race director/ sherpa / etc. I appreciate all the support and love what I do.
• I could add more but you get the idea I hope.

ANT FARM FUN

So that is why I do what I do but the real reason is I love doing it. Today I went out on a crazy windy day where it could start raining at any moment. I got to Hart Park and no one was there. I could of bailed on the workout but it was a lovely day in my eyes. There was trail to workout on, goals to train for and fun to be had!

Having Fun!

The Chief in 1989

This one is from the Pasadena Marathon, 1981 (or so) L to R: Bob Moses, Dorsch Sanders, Eddie Lujan, John Rous, John Chapman

I signed up for the 2012 Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance run and while scouting out information on the race, I found a video of the 1989 race that featured The Chief aka Eddie Lujan in it. You can see him at 3:48 in the video.


When I moved to Bakersfield in the late 70s, Eddie was one of the first adults I meet. He use to give me rides to baseball practice with his son Bobby. Later I found out he was a runner and when I started running he was an inspiration to me and still is.

Below are some photos of other great runners from back in the day.

L to R: Bryant Faddin, John Lopez, Bob Moses, Larry Arnt, John Rous, Paul White, Frank Fish

Bakersfield Marathon 1981 (or so) L to R: George Dewar, George Antoneras, Bob Moses, some random guy in back of them

The original running group across the street from Dennis Burkett's condo in 1982

Back row, L to R: ___, John Chapman, Frank Ciccone, Kevin? Weiss, Bob Edwards, David Freid, Jim Lipford, Dorsch Sanders, Paul White, Jim Cowles, Ron Steinerson, Bill Easton, John Rous

Front row, L to R: Leo Marquez, Bob Small, Mike Vasquez (?), Bill Hinzo, Shelly Weiss, Dennis Burkett, Ted Oliver, Eddie Lujan, Bob Moses

AC For Me

12.19.11 to 12.25.11

Well I did it, after all the lotteries, I knew I needed to sign up for the Angeles Crest 100 so I bite the bullet and did it. Now I hear it is sold out so it was good that I did. The race is not until July but already my focus is on it. I believe I have 33 hours to finish (tad under 20 minute miles) and I bet I will need all that time. The more i read the harder the race gets and someone my size will have trouble making the cutoffs. The uphills will be tough but I am more worried about the downhills where I always lose time.

This week, I have been going back and forth on whether I should join a new boot camp in town. They are indoors for the next 6 weeks but the gym is 2 miles away and I can only attend the morning sessions since I coach in the evenings. Now 6 am is doable but I like and need my sleep. To make the 6am I will have to get up around 515 am so I can walk to the camp. sure I could drive but I hate to drive. It just goes against my code to drive somewhere to workout.

Now I do drive twice a week to the hills to train but this is a necessary evil because I have to do hills if I hope to do the ultras I have planned. But to drive to a boot camp is just lame. Though I do get fitter doing a boot camp, I do not know if it makes me a netter ultra runner. Weight is my enemy and I bulk up quickly so doing a boot camp may be a bad idea. I need to get leaner not stronger. Hiking and running will make me leaner and stronger so I think I will stick with the girl that brought me to the dance.

That girl is mileage. Almost all year I have kept the mileage high, stayed healthy and my times have improved. I think I have put in another 5000 mile year almost and ofter log 100 miles a week sticking to a schedule.So like Anton and his Green Mountain run, I think I will stick with the old lady.

My stats for the past week:

12/19/11	BCDOWN	1645	HIKE	10.2
12/20/11	12A	1835	ODD	10.7
12/21/11	BAGELDOWN	1542	HIKE	11.5
12/22/11	12B	1514
12/24/11	BLUFFDUMP20	1335	ODD	20.1
12/25/11	12		2531	95
12/25/11	CASABAGEL	1553	HIKE	9.3

Monday's BC hike was the same as it has been for a few weeks now. I think in the future, I am going to through in a 30 step run every 5 minutes on my walk days. One to save my feet and two to throw a little speed work into every day. My walk days are over 2.5 hours so this means I do 30 sprints per hike or more. It is interesting to see that my bagel hikes are a minute per mile faster than my BC hikes. Which makes sense since the Bagel hike is pancake flat.

Now Tuesday and Thursday are my running days and I have decided to run them on two different courses each week. Tuesday is the long day and Thursday is the shorter faster day.I follow the elite training plan designed by Jack Daniels. Now he suggests doing them three or four days apart but my weekends are booked with coaching so I have to do them when I can.

I have my goal race as the LA marathon in March so I am on week 12 of his schedule. He suggest 20 miles easy so I do 200 minutes of hiking on my ultra course and then the short run I do on Killa Hilla.where I did 20 minutes easy, 100 minutes hard and 20 minutes easy. Easy is where I walk and hard is where I do my odd wog. I run up to four minutes and then walk to the next odd minute or so. On the long hike I did 10.7 miles at 18:35 pace. On the short day I did 9.3 miles at 15:14 pace.

On Saturday, I did a 20 miler with Haney at 13:35 pace using a 1/4 pattern and felt pretty good. We walked the first mile and finished the run with a trip up the switchbacks. For the week I got in 95 miles despite only doing 4 miles on Friday and only one workout on both Saturday and Sunday.

So with only a few hours left before the boot camp deal expires, I think I will pass on it. The Kentans do not so boot camps and from what i can tell most of the elite ultra runners do not either. They log lots of miles and do as many hills as they can and I am going to stick to that plan I think.