Monday, July 14, 2008
great wknd
hung out, did some yard work, went to our neighbor's boy's 2yr b-day party, did a couple of bike rides, hung with the family, enjoyed the warmth. very nice weather lately!
Friday, July 11, 2008
i'm an old man
on my short lunchtime spin on the mountain bike, I found myself admiring the weed whack job up at Beaver Run. I just took care of our lawn yesterday. Guess when you live somewhere with a 3-month season for all things green and summery, you appreciate it that much more.
night ride
Dan, DC, Mike, Scott, Pete and I all rallied down to the shop, and then up Morning Thunder to Pence Miller to the Black Loop to Toad Alley to Peaks Connection to the Peaks Trail. A beautiful, yet hazy (CA fires?) night, with a half moon for some dramatic lighting coming through the hazy forest. Nice temps in the 50s. Came across the big new bridge they're installing. Cool stuff. i love night rides! we did not see any wildlife though.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
real estate shot
Shooting a house for a friend, who also happens to be a realtor. Below's shot of the living room.
This shot is reverse engineering the lighting. You can see, if you look carefully, the 4 off-camera flashes I used, in addition to the 580EX on cam at 1/64th power to trigger the optical slaves built-in to my SB80s. It worked out pretty good.
But I think this is my money shot for this house-
* correction - I shuold have moved the light in the left corner by the wall. It's creating a hot spot. I should have reduced its power and/or moved it closer towards the camera.
This shot is reverse engineering the lighting. You can see, if you look carefully, the 4 off-camera flashes I used, in addition to the 580EX on cam at 1/64th power to trigger the optical slaves built-in to my SB80s. It worked out pretty good.
But I think this is my money shot for this house-
* correction - I shuold have moved the light in the left corner by the wall. It's creating a hot spot. I should have reduced its power and/or moved it closer towards the camera.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
STRS #3 up on the ski area
This is Helen right out of the start. My other photo didn't work out, but Alina and I had a blast. Helen finished 2nd place behind a former CSU runner.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Alina
earlier today when Helen was getting Alina dressed for school, Helen told her that she needed to brush her teeth. Alina said yes, adding that her friends at school would laugh at her if she had stinky breath. how funny!
Cospolich genealogy
Some relatives on my father's side (who have some free time) finally found a key missing link about 4 generations back. Long story short, the Cospoliches of the greater New Orleans/Gulf Coast area are definitely linked back to a Cuspilich (Kuspilic) family from the beautiful Croatian island of Korcula. More specifically, Peter Cospolich, my great-great grandfather, was born in Korcula in 1807. He married a woman from the Kalogjera family in Korcula. The Kalogjera family is said to be originally from the Island of Crete, they have a Greek origin. I think Peter Cospolich emigrated from Korcula via Italy sometime in the 1850s or so? (corrections please!)
See pic below. Why couldn't I have grown up there? Look how beautiful and exotic looking. Mountains, rocks, water. What more does one want? hehe
See pic below. Why couldn't I have grown up there? Look how beautiful and exotic looking. Mountains, rocks, water. What more does one want? hehe
some more pics from Sunday in Vail
Chowing on a bagel sandwich...
Helen getting interviewed by the Director of the US National Mtn Running Team
Alina enjoying the gondola ride down
happy kid early in the morning before the start
Helen's results. Apparently two of the girls who finished right after Helen (both in her age group), are elite marathoners. Helen Googled them and one was ranked top-5 in the country for marathon a couple of years ago, and the other competed in Olympic trials this year. Wow.
Helen getting interviewed by the Director of the US National Mtn Running Team
Alina enjoying the gondola ride down
happy kid early in the morning before the start
Helen's results. Apparently two of the girls who finished right after Helen (both in her age group), are elite marathoners. Helen Googled them and one was ranked top-5 in the country for marathon a couple of years ago, and the other competed in Olympic trials this year. Wow.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Vail Hill Climb
Helen raced this yesterday. She took a few minutes off of last year's winning time, and came in 2nd place. Way to go babe! Alina and I were lucky to be able to ride the gondola up and check out the finish.
Male champions
1. Simon Gutierrez 48:14
2. Alex Willis 50:51
3. Josiah Middaugh 51:10
Female champions
1. Sarah Shepard 56:52
2. Helen Cospolich 58:31
3. Aurora Leon 1:00:51
Male champions
1. Simon Gutierrez 48:14
2. Alex Willis 50:51
3. Josiah Middaugh 51:10
Female champions
1. Sarah Shepard 56:52
2. Helen Cospolich 58:31
3. Aurora Leon 1:00:51
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Weather delay
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Vail gondola ride
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Saturday, July 05, 2008
F50 recap
Pretty cool it's the marathon distance national championship. It must feel great to pull off a win and get a stars-and-stripes jersey. Good VN article about it.
Back to reality. After sleeping on it, and, more importantly, seeing the results online, I feel slightly better about it. 11th out of 29 in Open Men 35-39. Not in the top 1/4 like I wanted, but at least in the top half. Stopping to take a leak, take off my tangle of headphone wire, and give Helen my iPod...probably about 2 minutes. I only would pee myself if I were pacing for a record time. How the heck did I run a 4hr17min race 4-5 years ago?
Sunny weather with little to no rain made for a super dusty course. It rained last night, but only for the usual 8-10 minutes. Not even a drop in the proverbial dust bucket. I long for that first ride just after a decent rain...what they call hero dirt. Traction at its finest.
Feel well today considering the effort put forth yesterday. Super mellow spin on the bike path (with prob 200+ tourists) later this afternoon.
Back to reality. After sleeping on it, and, more importantly, seeing the results online, I feel slightly better about it. 11th out of 29 in Open Men 35-39. Not in the top 1/4 like I wanted, but at least in the top half. Stopping to take a leak, take off my tangle of headphone wire, and give Helen my iPod...probably about 2 minutes. I only would pee myself if I were pacing for a record time. How the heck did I run a 4hr17min race 4-5 years ago?
Sunny weather with little to no rain made for a super dusty course. It rained last night, but only for the usual 8-10 minutes. Not even a drop in the proverbial dust bucket. I long for that first ride just after a decent rain...what they call hero dirt. Traction at its finest.
Feel well today considering the effort put forth yesterday. Super mellow spin on the bike path (with prob 200+ tourists) later this afternoon.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Firecracker 50
Another one in the books. Not one to brag about, that's for sure. But I definitely took care of myself during the 4hr45min race. Ate 6 gels, 9 electrolytes, 2 bags of Clif Shot Blocks. 2 bottles of water and 2.5 bottles of Gatorade. First lap in a sluggish 2hr13min, and I thought I was going good. Rode in a small group with Zeke up Boreas the 2nd time up. But as usual, I came slightly unraveled up Little French gulch. Walked a bit. 2hr33min second lap. Gross.
Tonight I feel pretty good. Volume is good...for later in summer and cross season.
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
baskets
we got lucky and found some good hanging baskets at Neils Lunceford this season. good to have some color around, since the summers are so short up here.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Helen's running shoes
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College World Series
my younger brother Steve having fun at the CWS. Too bad LSU's winning ways ended.
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