February 11th- 17th

This week was a bunch of fun. I had just finished dealing with a stupid sickness and was ready to hit the ground hardcore running again (even though in retrospect from now I really should have focused on sponsorships and news articles instead..). So this week again I made it my goal to do 20 miles a day. Again I got to about Tuesday before I was like ugh.. I’ll just do a big run this weekend and continue on with smaller ones this week. So I did, on Wednesday I left to Saleen Valley with my Uncle to do a huge trip out there. The camp was stationed only like 50 miles away from badwater, CA!!! OMG!! A run that hopefully, in the next year or two I will be well capable of accomplishing (www.badwater.com for more information on that race). Ok, so a story I have while I was in Saleen valley. Crazy stupid run.. So where in the Desert and I see this Peace sign out in the distance, maybe 3-4 miles away and I am like dude I gotta get to that sign. So starting off there is no trail getting out there so I am dodging cactus and running over large rocks (good trail running practice I guess..) Then I reach the top of the peace sign and it is a really great view from the top. I see however in the distance what looks to me like a giant blob of fog rolling into the valley. So I am like “ok, whatever its just fog..”. So I run back towards camp and get on the main dirt road and look around and that blob of fog is alot closer that it was before to the camp. Still I ignore it and decide to go check out the lower camp. Then I am running on my way back up to the upper camp (about 1 mile away from the lower) and that wasnt fog at all…it was a frigging huge sandstorm! the bushes are flying everywhere tumbleweeds bigger that I have ever seen are flying by my head. I couldnt open my eyes to see, it felt like 1000 bee stings were happening on my skin every step I took (as I was just wearing short little runners shorts..). So I covered the next mile, by hiding behind bush by bush waiting for a lull in the wind to proceed to the next bush. It was a fun experience and I always say “miserable is memorable” so that just made it all the better. Well please make a donation if you have not yet to my cause, I will continue keeping you guys posted. Til’ next time stay classy San Diego.

-Nick

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