Almost Time for Headlands Hundred

Well I'm as ready as I'm going to be. I think I gained a pound this week from nervous eating though. It'll be alright, will burn off in the first quarter of the race. My friend Paulette and her boyfriend John, who is crewing for her, are staying with me for the weekend. This morning we picked up Brian Krogmann to do a quick preview of the course. Brian was putting in miles on his feet just wondering around from coffee shop to coffee shop exploring the neighborhoods. It's a good thing we got to him sooner than later before he put any more miles and ingested more caffeine. Supposedly he is only running Headlands as a training run for Angeles Crest 100 and will be holding back. Right, right, I think he won't be able to resist and I told him so.

We drove around to the different aid stations and hiked up a large hill to get a good view of the course, a section of it anyway. The weather has been really good this week - less fog, less cold, blustery winds. It was warm out there today. Supposed to be a full moon tomorrow night too. It's shaping up to be a good weekend for a big run. Some of the pacers and crew are more accomplished runners than the ones running it, kind of funny. Well that's how we roll in this sport, we like taking care of each other.

Jessica Fewless who crewed for me at San Diego will also be crewing for me tomorrow along with Carrie Sisk who I paced at Western States. My good friends J.P. Sulpizio (50-75) and Samantha Pinney (75-100) will be my pacers. This is the most people I've had supporting me in a race, how fortunate am I.

Here is the link to the webcast. Nothing extensive, times only for the loops, every 25-miles.

Thank you for all the well wishes.

I'll leave you with a link to a video flyover of the course that Jim Vernon of the Endurables put together. The 50-mile race is two orange loops and the 100 is four.