LazCon Daily Posts

126 days 11 hours 41 minutes and 57 seconds after getting my feet wet in the atlantic (newport rhode island) i got them wet in the pacific (newport oregon) i think i will take that day off now. laz  

september 12 day 126 26 miles  total 3,289 17 remaining  i climbed a good sized hill to start the day and sort of thought that was it. coastal range behind me and now down to the pacific. negatory good buddy. the coastal range extends for miles  and goes over multiple Read more…

september 11 day 125 27 miles  total 3,263 remaining 43 1×26 + 1×17 today started out great. three easy miles into the center of lebanon  then i turned west for the final time. the day was cool and breezy  the shoulder was wide. i must be getting excited  corvallis was Read more…

september 10 day 124 27 miles  total 3,236 remaining 69 2×26 + 1×17 let me start by saying that i have no idea how close the remaining mileage is to being right. google maps had removed another mile from the time i got to internet service until i finished. then Read more…

september 9 day 123 26 miles  total 3,209 remaining 96 3×26 + 1×18 another big climb to start the day. but it was the steep 13 mile downhill that followed, and the absence of shoulder that made progress so slow today. not a lot of fun picking thru traffic on Read more…

september 8 day 122 26 miles  total 3,183 122 remaining  4×26 + 1×18 so santium pass is behind me. it was a nice climb, a little long, but not terribly steep. the descent on the other side was steep and brutal… so i had to work hard to hold serve. Read more…

september 7 day 121 27 miles  total 3,157 148 remaining  5×26 + 1×18 little by little i walked out of the desert today. as this thing moves into the final days i am reminded of basketball. it doesn’t matter how well you play  you have to be able to close. Read more…