Tahoe Marathon: (1 of 4)
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I had a very nice weekend at Lake Tahoe with my friend Carlo Flores and his son Gary. It was Carlo's 80th birthday and he asked me to walk with him in the Lake Tahoe Marathon - and of course I said "Yes". It was going to Ali's first marathon, however Ali had to go unexpectedly to England to deal with some family matters, so she didn't make it. None the less a great weekend. We finished in just over 7 hours - very good for a man of 80. I made a present for Carlo - a framed poster - to see it click here. Congratulations Carlo - you're an inspiration.
Carlo's son Gary did an amazing 1:37 in the Half Marathon - and was placed 24th overall. A very good effort - 5 minutes better than last year. And he did the Tahoe bike ride the day before - 4 hours to cycle 72 miles round the lake. Great stuff, Gary. There are quite a number of events in the Tahoe Marahon week. Another event is the Tahoe Triple Marathon - three marathons in three days. Participants go all the way around the Lake (72 miles) plus a little extra to make up 3x26.2 = 78.6 miles. Our TNT friend Corey achieved that for the second consecutive year. Corey is a 7.5 hour marathon walker - so almost 24 hours walking in 3 days - you deserve your medal Corey. Congratulations. The whole event seems very well organised to me - lots of aid stations and buses to fetch participants from here to there. And of course roads have to be closed and so on. It's all very impressive. Lake Tahoe is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen - it was really great to be there. And there were also some TNT buddies - Coaches Janna and Michelle, Mentors Kathy, Debra, Bonnie, Celeste and Honoree Carol. As always - great to see you all. |
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 Motel Room |
 Carlo |
 Robin at the start |
 Carlo at start |
 Carlo at sunrise |
 Walkers arriving |
 Beautiful Lake Tahoe at sunrise |
 5 minutes to go |
 Les with starting gun |
 Last stop |
 Leaving Tahoe City |
 On the road |
 Walking |
 Mile 2 |
 Nice mile markers |
 Mile 3 out of focus |
 Carlo and Sheri |
 Mile 4 |
 Mile 5 |
 Walking at mile 5 |
 Mile 6 |
 Mile 7 |
 Carlo and the lake |
 Mile 8 |
 Mile 9 |
 Mile 10 |
 The winner passed us at 10 |
 Coming into Rubicon Bay |
 Carlo at 12 |
 Almost half way |
 Half way |
 Mile 14 |
.jpg) Mile 15 (getting hotter now) |
 Start of the hill |
 Puffing up |
 Tough |
 Water stop on hill |
 Mile 16 and climbing |
 Carlo's finding it hard |
 At the top |
 The reward for climbing |
 Mile 17 |
 Mile 18 |
 Emerald Bay |
 Paddler in Emerald Bay |
 The Bay |
 Carlo and the postcard view |
 Robin and Carlo at Emerald Bay |
 Mile 23 - nearly done |
 Watch for people walking slow |
 Beautiful Autumn Trees |
 Almost done |
 Carlo entering the finish shute |
 Mile 26 |
 Very near the finish |
 Finish in sight |
 Coming over the line |
 The time |
 Carlo at the end |
 Carlo finishes |
 TNT Chums |
 Bonnie, Debra and Michelle |
 Nevada Sunset |
 Sunset from Tahoe City |
 Heavenly sunset |
 California Sunset |
 Rose's Cafe |
 Three finishers |
 Kathrine at next table |
 Inside Roses |
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