Walked on the Placer High
Walked on the Placer High to the entrance gate
Ready for the final 300yd finish?
My kids
WS100 board
WS100 and Placer High
Me under Placer High and WS100
Show the footprints entering the gate (all the way from Robie Point?)
We entered the final 300 yd.
Practiced pacing me for the final 300 yd
Need to run, kids!
Let's run!
I and my girl running to the finish
See my girl flying off the ground.
Keep running to the finish
My son is more interested in football training
My kids are playing the football training.
Need to leave here and continue our drive to Squaw Valley
Smog all along I-80. I was somehow coughing in the car.
Rebirth of woods after some burnt
Still smoky even we were less than 50 miles to Squaw Valley
Kids are curious about the sir pressure.
Kids were waiting to open it to release the pressure and, most importantly, eat the chips
Moe, Shannon, etc talked about the WS100 early histiory
Me and kid.
My girl practiced monkey bar at the WS100 playground
Shanon (right) and one of the first female WS100 runners
One of the first four female WS100 runners, Shannon, Moe
The new event schedule
But there will be no run on Sat. :-(
Me joining the medical experiment (ECG)
My heart signal - took by my 6 year old girl, first time using a real camera.
My son finally saw Tim in person!
Smoky in Squaw Valley
My whole family with Greg and Tim
My kids would rather stay with the sprinkles.
Proud to be from Taiwan
Chihping (Fu) on his way back from his first 3 AM trip to Emigrant Pass (courtesy of Jean Pommier)
Chihping (courtesy of Jean Pommier)
Jean Pommier
Jean Pommier, soon passed me
Sunrise on my second run to Watson Monument
The Encarpment aid station
The rocky steep climb immediately after the Encarpment aid station
Look back the Encarpment aid station while catching my breath
Met John Fors, my safety patrol buddy last year, coming back from Lyon Ridge
Kap'n Kirk Boisseree and Tom? at Emigrant Pass talked about the course far ahead.
Me, Tom?, Kap'n Kirk Boisseree, and Piero Paganelli at Watson Monument. Thanks Whit Rambach.
Whit Rambach led us (Me, Tom?, Kap'n Kirk Boisseree, and Piero Paganelli) down from Emigrant Pass.
Practicing our downhill skill
Tom?, Kap'n Kirk Boisseree, and Piero Paganelli practiced downhill running
Kap'n Kirk Boisseree and Piero Paganelli practiced downhill running
Kap'n Kirk Boisseree talked about the WS100 course to me and Piero Paganelli
Kap'n Kirk Boisseree and Piero Paganelli meditated
Kap'n Kirk Boisseree and Piero Paganelli ran down the course.
Kap'n Kirk Boisseree and Piero Paganelli ran down through floral single track
Kap'n Kirk Boisseree and Piero Paganelli ran down the floral path
Piero Paganelli
Next to my car is the ultrarunning celebrity!
Team Chihpington (the whole family) Courtesy of Jean Pommier
Will the t-shirts be reusable next year (bib #42 or 43)?? Courtesy of Jean Pommier
Team Chihping Courtesy of Jean Pommier
Race briefing at 1:30pm
Race briefing
The WS2008 briefing: less people than last year... Courtesy of Jean Pommier
The trophies
Team Chihping admiring the trophies
PARTY TIME!
Long line at the PARTY TIME
Me and Italian contingents
Team Chihping enjoyed the dinner
Team Chihping did not crewed me, but myself crewed their bike ride
Team Chihping bike ride
Sat. morning buffet
Carbo loading before Sat morning hike
Took a break at the hike
Dad and the girl rock hopping
Shortcut means steeper trails
Team Chihping Sat. morning hike
Shortcut means a steeper climb
Started to feel sore legs?
uphill?
Took a break and enjoyed the view
Icy water
Icy stream
rock scrambling
More people on the shortcut climb
Me and my girl on the climb
Walk and play
Finally had a picture with Cowman
New Zealand Lisa Lee-Johnson from Canada at the rocky climb after the Encarpment aid station
???. We met at Burning River 100M last year
??? and Lisa Lee-Johnson had a break at the rocky climb after the Encarpment aid station
Burning River 100M alumni at the rocky climb after the Encarpment aid station Thanks Lisa Lee-Johnson
??? and Lisa Lee-Johnson had the Emigrant Pass in sight.
Me with Lyon Ridge trail at the background Thanks Lisa Lee-Johnson
Runners kept coming up the climb
Then I had a fall in a min :-(
Looked back at the climb. See you next year!
Lee and Wini
Missed the flag raising by 30 min.
The course follows the single track
A dog enjoyed the bath
Carrie Sisk and her crew captain
Rick Mayo?
Can see Squaw Valley now
Me and Hiroki Ishkawa
Hiroki Ishikawa and his wife
Hiroki Ishkawa, his wife, and myself
My girl had her dream ride and did the back roll!
At the bike ride along the Truckee River
See you next year, Squaw Valley
Team Chihping bike ride started from here.
A break at playing the water.
At Truckee River
Western States Trail
Torrent Truckee River
Fishing?
Collecting rocks
With self-made fishing rod
The crew captain for the bike ride
Making hand-made tools
Boy fishing, girl collecting rocks
Western States trail!
Got fish?
Kids worked hard and had fun
Me resting in shade
Played at Truckee River
Collecting rocks from Truckee River
Continued our bike ride
A dragonfly trapped in the crew car
Team Chihping bike ride continued. Arriving Alpine Meadow.
A nice trail called Star Trail.
Arriving Tahoe City
Approaching our destination - Tahoe City
The 5 mile Star Trail sign post
Post bike ride meal at McDonald
Everyone happy to finish the bike ride
The final activity at South Lake Tahoe beach.
At South Lake Tahoe beach
Collecting so many rocks!
Kids played hard at the beach
Kids loved playing at sand beach in South Lake Tahoe
A short stop at Davis on our way home
A short stop at Davis
