Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Hiker dies on Manitou Incline



June 14, 2009
MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ
THE GAZETTE

A hiker on the Manitou Incline died Sunday morning from what appears to be a heart attack, according to rescue crews.Skee Hipszky, a mission leader for El Paso County Search and Rescue said that the team was called about 8:50 a.m. to help a man who reportedly was having seizures and convulsing. The rescue team drove a vehicle up a 4-wheel drive road to the top of the trail and hiked about 400 feet down where other hikers had been giving the man CPR. Rescuers reached the man about 9:40 a.m. but unfortunately he had died by the time they had arrived. His identity was not released Sunday. "Unfortunately, when you get into a wilderness site like that, you just can't get a medical crew to you as fast as you could if you were in town," Hipszky said.The Manitou Incline, which has a vertical gain of about 2,000 feet is one of the toughest trails in the area.

USA...THE MOST POLITE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD/ EEUU, EL PAIS MÉS EDUCAT DEL MÓN

These are real pictures taken today in Colorado Springs...I guess it is not mandatory anymore to stop.

Aquestes fotos son reals, fetes avui a Colorado Springs...Pel que veig ja no és obligatori parar-se.






Sunday, June 14, 2009

10 MILES DOWN! / 16 KM A LA BUTXACA!

Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
This race today was definitely a different way of running for me. It was almost no flat terrain. It mostly consisted on going up, and then down, then up again...It was fun, hard, and challenging at times. "Marathon reality" hit me between mile 6 and 7, when my legs were not fresh anymore; Marathon thoughts, and I said to myself: "Hmm....Marisa, in a marathon race, right now you would have done only 1/4 of the total distance. Am I going to be able to finish a Marathon???...I need to train harder or I'll die!!!"

Aquesta carrera avui, ha sigut definitvament un manera diferent de correr per mi. Gran part del recorregut ha consistit en pujades i baixades constants, sense passar pel terreny pla massa sovint. Ha esta divertit, dificil i desafiant a estones. Entre el km 9 i 10, quan les cames comencen a notar fatiga, la realitat d'una marató m'ha vingut als pensaments: "Mmm....Marisa, en una marató, ara mateix hauries corregut només 1/4 part del total de la distància. Seré capaç d'acabar una marató???...Necessito entrenar més fort, o moriré en l'intent!!!"


Friday, June 12, 2009

MY NEXT RACE / LA MEVA PROPERA CARRERA





Aquest diumenge, 16 kms (10 milles) al marc incomparable de Garden Of The Gods. Un preciós i escènic parc natural a Colorado Springs. Un autèntic jardí dels déus.


Com sempre, el primer objectiu és acabar-la, i el segon, fer al voltant de 1 h 20 min.





Garden of the Gods 10 Mile Run®June 14, 2009 @ 7 a.m. – Manitou Springs, Colorado1st leg of the Triple Crown of Running




Wednesday, June 10, 2009



Colorado Springs, 7 de setembre 2009, 42 km (26 milles). Objectiu personal: acabar-la sense parar de correr.

Colorado Springs, Septemeber 7th, 2009, 26 miles (42km). Personal objective: to finish it without ever walking.