Been a great week back in thin Sierra Nevada air – settling training and bio-rhythms after 10days on the Midwest trail. It will take most of the 10days here to adapt to the lessened oxygen effect before heading North to Idaho next Thursday. More exciting back home was the finalizing of a new dreamGiver in Tropitone Sun Block, and another cover in SportsGuide.
Xterra Alabama
4th
2:08:07 – 3min40 behind winner Conrad Stoltz
Photo by Chris Storie
Conrad Stoltz has lived in Bend, the small Oregon town where Steve Larsen was based; trained and dined with him and his family; worked a business relationship with Larsen; and had raced each other many times. It was an emotional dedication to a man leaving such a profound legacy so prematurely.
Tomorrow morning will start at 430am with a grumpie alarm three hours prior to race start. Will be attending a short memorial service for Steve Larsen at the venue, a man I regrettably only got to spend brief moments with in Vegas, but who has been an icon for years. I’ve travelled a few parts of the world with a hand-me-down bike bag bearing his name – a hand-me-down from him to Stoltz, and Stoltz to myself. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and five kids.
