tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55137042011-07-21T19:31:56.668-07:00A short blog on the Seattle and San Francisco Night and Day Challenge events, and the Street Scramble eventsUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643529289353103104noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513704.post-1117986386330190202005-06-05T08:42:00.000-07:002005-06-05T08:46:26.343-07:00

I haven't updated this blog since my disappointing results in the 2003 Seattle night and day. I tried to do way more than I should have and had a terrible time. In 2004 I suggested to the organizers to let people do the 7 hour event solo. I argued that it was safer to have someone go solo than having two people with very different abilities go together. I was going to do a bike 7 hour event in

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four hours, one quarter down, three to go. We are walking along the shore, watching a beautiful sunses over the water. Some of the views today have been breathtaking. All the course has been hard on my breath, actually, with more and steeper climbs than I expected. We are about 1 hour behind schedule, mostly because of 1 control that was very hard to get to, through vines and tall grass. 10

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Start time. Targo and I looked at the course and decided that even with a challenging course, going to Vashon is going to be almost impossible. We plan to cover about 70% of the course, about 70Km as the crow flies. We may revise the plan once we get a feel for our speed. It's going to be fun.

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Today is the day of the event. The weather report looks perfect, high today is expected to be 81 degrees, the low tomorrow morning should be 59. Partly cloudy. Time to head out. Everything is packed (I hope) except for a flashlight and some nuts to munch on, which we will grab on the way out of town. For those of you who don't know me, here is a picture of me and my sister, in front of the

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Last week I stopped at the Powells travel bookstore in Portland and picked up a couple of books on things to do with kids, as well as two 1:25000 USGS maps of Seattle. Since I have never been there, I am trying to figure out what to expect. One thing for sure, the city is rather large, and the event will be quite challenging. I am rather concerned about the interstate 5 freeway that crosses the

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Today I bought a new pair of shoes, and started breaking them in. they are walking shoes, not my usual running shoes. I hope that they are comfortable and don't give me too many problems. I went fot a 100 minute wals this evening to try the new shoes, and to try the Camelback while I do it. I have had a Camelback bottle for almost two years, but it has been gathering dust for a while. The model I

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I have never been to Seattle. I went past it once, a few months ago, on the way to a conference in Vancouver, BC. I look forward to being a tourist for a full day and a full night. To participate to this event, you need to be part of a team of at least two people. You can do the 3 hour event by yourself, but that would be a lot of driving for that much time on the course. So I sent a message to

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Only eight days left until the start. I guess I need to get busy writing. My name is Marcello, and I will be doing 16 hours of walking all over Seattle in the first Seattle Night and Day event. I am a 38 year old Italian translator who tests software translated into Italian for a living. My company is Dream Team Localization. I have a wife and a wonderful 5 year old daughter. I have been

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