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Route 66 Challenge (May edition)

Published May 28, 2019

“As the leaves and waters fall, I must rise to the occasion.“

May 2019 update: GREAT food, self-reflection, much needed change in direction.

March’s 50-mile fail was a HUGE disappointment/BIG mental drain. Turned that frown/upside down in Milan ITALY. Pasta, fresh fish. GREAT sauces. Trains, boats. Chocolate. Milano Marathon, super experience. Returned home INSPIRED.

Break from my gym (6-month contract hiatus). Running outdoors: ‘Every LOUISVILLE Street’. No doctors, no meds. Year from professionals. Positive vibe requirement.

Happy friends, yes. Negative Nellies, see ya 2020. I choose ME. The JOY is back.

Route 66 Challenge. Memorial Day time goal missed. And missed by a bunch. 300+ miles short. It’ll still happen. I’ll finish the next 2 months, over Colorado summer.

Positives? 1900 miles completed. FOUR 50K finishes, first Half 2019. One state shy from marathoning all 50 – AGAIN. Wild West FINISH: June 2^nd in Deadwood, SOUTH DAKOTA!

Race ReCap: 4 marathons, 2 50Ks & our annual Bolder Boulder (of course). 5 different states & Milan ITALY.

Marathoning Streak: 66 months; EVERY month, FIVE+ years.

Mileage ReCap: ended May at 1913 miles (missed Memorial Day GOAL by 367 miles)

: ended May at 1913 miles

: my postcard journey

: Mile 1913: Golden Valley, AZ

: SNAPPING TURTLES in Bro’s yard (Arkansas River flooding)

: Happy Mother’s Day ❤️

: vows renewed in Vegas

: NYC News Corp buddy

: first MASTERS class 🎓

: 🐶 🤣

: 2 weeks from my Wild West, South Dakota FINISH – yikes!

Marathon Calendar:

06/02/2019 Deadwood Mickleson Trail Marathon (Deadwood, South Dakota)
06/15/2019 Big Horn Ultra (Dayton, Wyoming)
06/28/2019 Black Hills 50k (Sturgis, South Dakota)
07/04/2019 Foot Traffic Flat Marathon (Sauvie Island, Oregon)
07/05/2019 Cook Park Marathon (Tigard, Oregon)
07/06/2019 Burnt Creek Marathon (Vancouver, Washington)
07/07/2019 Stars and Stripes Marathon (Beaverton, Oregon)
07/13/2019 King Salmon Marathon (Cordova, Alaska)
08/18/2019 Overlander Sports Marathon (Yellowknife NT, CANADA)
08/24/2019 Reykjavik Marathon (Reykjavik, ICELAND)

2019 Bolder Boulder STRAVA ReCap

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Bolder Boulder 2019

Published May 27, 2019

Memorial Day 2019

Today we REMEMBER. Honoring those who Serve & Protect.
Today we CELEBRATE our democracy/our freedom. USA – Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.

After last year’s FUN RUN experience, vowed I’d never miss another Bolder Boulder. Memorial Day Monday, a Colorado tradition. Unfortunately, no convincing my neighbor to run 2019’s 10k – HA! – but me, alarm set, run shorts ready, RTD Bus to the Start.

Ran my first Bolder Boulder 2001 (almost 20 years ago) – long before I Colorado rooted. I knew, this place, somehow, someday.

7:13am. With so much marathoning in my life schedule, didn’t bother uploading a qualifying wave time. It’s a 10k, a FUN RUN – with 41,000 of my Colorado besties. HUGE! Super organized. Amazed how seamless this event kicks. Well done, Boulder 🇺🇸

Tight first mile. Legs stiff after yesterday’s near 7 hour, 50K elevation climb in Vedauwoo. But miles 2, 3, 4, 5 – Front Range Flatirons surrounded – the JOY was there. sub-8:30/min pace. Picked off ‘EA’ & ‘E’ wave runners, worked my way thru the double D’s.

Won’t have to worry ‘bout qualifying next year. Yep, already registered: May 25, 2020. Mark your calendar. Better yet – come to Boulder & run America’s BIGGEST BEST 10k, the Bolder Boulder. LOVE this place, this race! Gotta/hafta/MUST RUN ❤️

BOLDERBoulder

May 27, 2019 in Boulder, CO

EB100 KEENAN HAGA 8:18 8:25 8:33 8:31 8:23 9:11 53:40

Number of finishers: 41,197

Number of females: 21,676

Number of males: 19,521

Average time: 1:21:52

: we RUN, we REMEMBER

: ‘EB’ Wave Start

: 7:13 Mountain Time

: course SUMMIT 5,391ft

: CU Stadium FINISH

: a Colorado tradition

: LOVE this race ❤️

: our Flatirons, whatta VIEW!

: mark your CALENDAR 😊

Memorial Day 2019

: black bean SALSA – YUM!

: bring on SUMMER 🌞

: holiday HIKE

: phantom Thad (only seen in pictures, fake cat?)

: wounded Warrior

Bolder Boulder 2019

2019 EB100 KEENAN HAGA 53:40

2018 FB501 KEENAN HAGA 1:14:29.24

2014 DA255 K R HAGA 48:26

2013 DA218 K R HAGA 51:24

2009 H721 Keenan Haga 53:51

2007 JC370 Keenan Haga 57:34

2002 CA217 Keenan Haga 51:28

2001 CC373 K R HAGA 49:38

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Rocky Mountain 50K

Published May 26, 2019

7am Start @ the Lincoln Monument.

Nope, not that Lincoln Monument. Exit 323 I-80 East, 10 miles outside Laramie. 8,640ft elevation. High point of the Lincoln Highway. Park Ranger greeting: “Welcome to the Summit” 🗻

Buffalo NY Memorial Day last, Buffalo image on today’s state flag – high flying beside a WYOMING roadside museum. Museum? Yep, I’ll be back ✅ First… 32 miles of Ponderosa Pine, Colorado Aspen, dirt trail, old Highway 30 and HILLS. Billed as Wyoming’s toughest marathon – it’s a high elevation hilly one. Training run for Bighorn? Third times a charm me thinks, only a few weeks away.

Chilly/foggy/overcast Start, dodged another hot one. Notta lotta tree cover after 6 miles. Pine are scenic aromatherapy but not broad leaf green. Cup-less course. Hydration vest ready. Let’s roll.

Downhill first 2 miles. Wonky gut only 4 miles in. Elevation, lotta trail bounce. Slowed pace. Gonna finish, finish with a smile. That’s the Milano mantra. “Be the person your dog thinks you are.”

Strong headwind past the Halfers’ turnaround. Asphalt next few miles, old Highway 30. 10% grade (and wind) but pavement appreciated under my feet. Change is good, mixes it up. Lost all the crowd (notta lotta 50k or marathoners). Cranked up my tunes, head/body feelin’ good by Vedauwoo.

5-mile stretch of trees & campers on a dirt ranch road. Memorial Day weekend. Grills & lawn chairs early-morn abandoned, waiting for holidayers to waken. Breakfast cooking on my return thru town.

Marathon turnaround. HILL. Two miles more ‘til my orange cone & race rep check-in. Good bit of climb between the respective half-way points. Sun HIGH, getting warm. Run, walk. Refuel’d, dumped sand/rocks outta my shoes before the short 3-mile highway reverse. Easy steady pace – NO WALK, NO STOPPING ‘til I see dirt on the other side. Goals are good 🙂.

STRONG legs, stomach a-ok, smile on my face. I’ve got this. 6-hour goal in my head. Well, that’s not happening. Would miss 6:30 too, but enjoying the ride. Steady. AND know what’s coming – 2 miles of UP – then FINISH BANNER a blowin’.

My first belt buckle, fourth ultra of 2019 and my 49^th state. Eyes on Deadwood & a SECOND 50 State finish. 7 days.

Highway drive HOME, shower, quick sleeps. Bolder Boulder tomorrow! It’s a Colorado tradition ❤️