"The best training was to go to the pub, drink 5 quarts of beer, and talk about climbing."
- Ron Fawcett
So I’ve been a bit down after what (in my opinion) was a poor performance at the Skyrace Malinche. It’s not that I don’t like running anymore, I just temporarily lost interest in training.
A few days ago I mailed my entry application for next year’s Hardrock 100 and soon the race application for the Wasatch Front 100 will be available too. Starting to make plans for next year will hopefully bring me out from this running hiatus…
Despite a good try to best my time from 2 years ago at the Skyrace Malinche, all I could manage was to finish with a couple extra minutes (3:09:29). It wasn’t as bad as last year’s time but this occasion I finished the race with a huge dose of cramps in my legs and feeling extremely dizzy. And I thought I had some decent downhill training in the previous weeks… 
Photos from the race are here.
Odi & I spent the weekend visiting Lula & Beto in Morelia. It was a short visit but we managed to do a lot of fun things with them.
We went to the city’s downtown on Saturday morning to see the decorations for Día de Muertos, then in the afternoon drove all the way to Pátzcuaro for a walk at the crafts market and to have dinner at a delicious Mexican food buffet while enjoying a show of the traditional Danza de los Viejitos.
On Sunday, Beto & I managed to run a 25-km beautiful trail across Morelia’s southern sierra while Lula & Odi spent the morning going to the zoo and hanging around. In the afternoon, the four of us met at San Miguel del Monte to have lunch and some rest. Later in the evening we went back to Morelia’s downtown to buy Mexican candies at the candy market and to enjoy a cheap-but-tasty dinner at the famous La Inmaculada.
Even though this was quick, it was great to see Lula & Beto some months after their wedding. Seems like they’re already setup with living in Morelia and enjoying every bit of it 
Rest of the photos are here.
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