Send to KindleIn September 2010 I attended the Elbrus Race [Blogger Posts]. Below is a gallery of images from the race organizers. I was entered at bib number 24.
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- Lined up ready to leave for the Elbrus Race 2010 Qualifier (#24 rear upper right)
I was also featured a few times in a promotional video [1:04, 1:13, 1:33] that the event promoters created as a “trailer”.
Elbrus Race 2010 in fact was the driving force and motivation for the best period of serious intense training I have ever endured. I trained twice a day, doing weight and cardio splits that carried me above and beyond all previous training, and got me down to 14% bodyfat (elite for my age according to the charts) from my starting point of 28%.
I really liked the spirit of the competition, and have seriously considered returning, though in 2011 the area was closed for various reasons. This year it’s open again, and the race is going to be held a few weeks earlier, at the end of August. In 2010 I had been given water right out of the drain pipe without being treated by the cook in the hut. I managed to pass the qualification race in spite of having to stop and “use the rocks” because of dysentery. I was too sick to continue and the event physician medicated me and pulled me from the race.
Here is a brief rundown of the articles from that period on my old blog:
- Elbrus Race 2010 – Looking Back from 2012
- Elbrus Race 2010 – What Happened and Why?
- Elbrus Race September 2010 Photos
- Sadness & Joy – Elbrus Race Sept 24 2010
- Descent – 9-19
- Final check – Elbrus 9-18
- Barrels – 9-17
- SVO 9 16
- Pre-elbrus days
- Rainier Speed Test for Elbrus Race 2010
- Running Quandary – Gear Check
- Training for Elbrus Race 2010 – August 11 2010
Elbrus is a volcano in Russia, and is considered to be the highest point of Europe.
About Charles Miske
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