ARCH FUSTON reports The ActiveX Endurance Camp at Warner Springs was a huge success! Over 70 athletes took part in the two-day event, which started with a very cool, windy, and hilly ride, followed by a transition clinic on steroids and a swim clinic. The day wrapped up with a massive group dinner featuring homemade jambalaya and adult beverages, and a night of debauchery at the Butterfield’s Cantina. Sunday morning brought a yoga session, followed by a beautiful trail run. An amazing weekend was had by all, and a new ActiveX tradition has been born.

MIKE MCDONALD, Web Developer on a whim yesterday ventured out on my new Schwinn road bike (thanks Arch!) and ended up riding 24 miles ride between downtown and Sorrento Valley.  I ended up being on the bike for nearly 2.5 hours. Big thanks to the sun for finally coming back and motivating me to get out there!

JIM DE LA CRUZ in the San Diego office on Saturday with his wife participated in the Manhattan Beach 5k on the beach nice out-and-back route on the beach. Next my 6-year old son Joshua participated in the same event for the kids 400 meter out-and-back route on the beach, both events were very mellow non-competitive. I was happy for both of them doing this event. Josh is wearing bib 5091 in the picture. On Sunday, I participated in the Redondo Beach Sprint Triathlon, it was a great event, the water was nice and the course was nice a flat, and the post-event booths had hot breakfast burritos, and small French toast bites Yummy! I’m pictured with my friend Marvin after the event.

JIM GARFIELD joined two thousand other athletes for the 2009 Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco this weekend.  He was cheered on by Active alum Janna Stewart and pre-road the course with pro Michellie Jones and crew.  Even though it was a stunning day with favorable conditions, only a 4 knot current!!...it is hard to believe any prisoners of Alcatraz could have made that swim without a wetsuit!!!!!!

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CHRIS OCHS completed the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon on Sunday with a finishing time that did not make him feel like he needed to think about quitting his day job as Sales Manager for the Active Events OnDemand (Boulder Office) Team.

LEIGH-ANNE FRANKLIN from the activeworks tech. doc. team protected her family from a marauding band of pirates (no small feat for a “word nerd”!).

MARK LISTER (Documentation – Burnaby) ran his first trail race on Saturday, the 5 Peaks Simon Fraser University. I ran the Enduro course (9.8 km) and finished 5th overall, 2nd in my age category (20-29), in a time of 48:08. I had an awesome time flying down the single track dirt trails, getting airborne over rocks and logs, and racing across the wooden bicycle bridges. There was a good mix of downhill and uphill sections, although the final hill was brutal, with 250m of elevation gain over 1.5km of distance!

Link to results: http://www.raceheadquarters.com/results/2009/run/5PeaksSFUEnduro2009.html

JIME HINE road in the Tour De Hood.  Temps in the low 40's at the Mt Hood ski lodge starting point, but climbed to mid- 70's by the finish. 5 hrs, 30 min later.  We were the first group to finish (5 riders), averaging 16.2 mph over 92 miles with 10,500 elevation with a time of 5 hrs 30 min.  Three feed stops of great food and killer views of Mt Hood, small towns and beautiful farmland.  We watched the pros come in on their 3rd stage of the Hood Classic, and were surprised to beat them to the finish (we had a 3 hour head start!) http://www.tourdehoodride.com/

We bagged on the 2nd day of the tour on the road and instead did a 25 mile mountain bike ride on Surveyors ridge.  We have a bout 4.5k of elevation gain with 22 of the 25 miles being pure single track.  The descent included 37 switchbacks with some pretty rocky turns.  One of the best trails I've ever ridden.  Both days included stops to Full Sail Brewery for replenishment and recovery.