Pining for the Fjords

Hey there everybody!  When last I blogged, our team, Breaking Rag, finally finished the Ragnar Los Coyotes trail running event.  After lots of hugs and well wishes, our team disbanded; Jake and Matt drove home to Phoenix, the Spencer crew headed to the beaches near San Diego for some family time, and Chris and I started north for a few days in Palm Springs.  As I mentioned in the Thursday night Ragnar blog, the Monday after the event was Chris' birthday, so we figured a few days in Palm Springs was the right mix of rest and recovery after a hard physical event plus celebration of his yearly trip around the sun. We drove into Palm Springs from Warner Springs directly after the race, arriving around 7pm or so at our lodging for the next few nights, the Los Arboles Hotel.  In addition to being in a good location and having a decent price, one of the hotel's selling points for us was the on site Mexican restaurant, which also offered room service.  I figured if we...

In the most recent blog , I'd just finished my final leg at the Ragnar Los Coyotes trail running event, and while my team was still out there logging miles, I was overjoyed to be done.  After my final loop, the yellow loop, was over, I handed the race bib to Chris, and he started his final leg, this time on red.  With his legs being pretty dead and having to hike up the fire road, he grabbed some shots of the scenery: Chris had the benefit of running red just as the sun was coming up. What a gorgeous shot! At around the proper time, Bryan, Kelly, and I went out to see Chris finish up his run and escort Jen into the transition tent.  Once again, we braved the smell of the Andy Gump's (it wasn't as bad as some folks were whining about, as they served the loo's at least 6-7 times over the course of the event) to cheer on our red loop warriors. Here he comes! He looks quite pleased to be done. Keep running, honey! Th...