Wowzer, we've got some teammates who LOVE to celebrate Friday the 13th! We've got entries of 13,000 m...7,013 m...13,013 m (good one, Scott)...25,013 m...and 20,813 m and there are sure to be more! Once again the team surprises the astrogator with some more number fun! 
Remiss in the postings, but will detail yesterday's stats in today's posting. Was certain that I would not do a good job with the numbers yesterday evening, so decided to delay posting until today. Lots of busy - and that's always a good thing. And besides, there's always more than one bunny trail that pops up in the day.
Leadville...and the Race Across The Sky...
We might be erging through or across or between galaxies on our ergs as we pursue our fitness goals, but there are those here on Planet Earth that
live to Race Across The Sky. Baz mentioned that he'd been reading
Born to Run, and asked about the Leadville Races. Leadville, CO is historic mining town - and this time it wasn't really about gold...it was silver. Like many of our Colorado mountain towns, the year round population is pretty small...probably less than 3500...but once summer comes, hooboy...the area is a magnet for athletes, history buffs, your average tourist, etc.
Race Across The Sky can be a run series or a bike series ... and both components have some similar (and fun) names like Silver Rush, Leadman and Leadwoman, Leadville 100. There are "camps" that prepare bikers and runners for some of the more challenging portions of the courses. These camps are like the prep event that Baz did in NZ prior to Coast to Coast I think. Both the run series and the bike series take place along just about the same routes from what I can tell. The elevation profile for the Leadville 100 (which is an out and back) looks like:
Note that the elevation is in the 10,000 ft to 12,000 ft category for these races. Some of the benefit of going to the camps surely has to be some high altitude training. The altitude can get the best of some pretty good athletes.
This is the route for a bike ride I've done a few times called the Courage Classic (raises money for Children's Hospital).
The ride is over three days, and starts in Leadville (first day is dark grey, second red, third light grey). It also ends in Leadville with a challenging climb up to Turquoise Lake - which is one that the Leadville 100 runners and bikers also circle in their routes. The second day is one that gives a good break from climbing with a tour of many of the ski resort towns....just to prepare individuals for day 3. The climb up to Turquoise Lake is a good one with some winding roads. And seems like every summer that I've been there...there's a bunch of lightning in the area as we're all trying to make our way up to the finish. Not much cover to get out of the way of the bolts, either. Yikes. Each of the times that I have ridden in the Courage, there have been several individuals who developed altitude sickness. It's a good idea to time arrival a few days before the events just for some quick acclimation to the altitude.
I believe that the races are all sold out for this year (they take place in July and August primarily). Leadville is about two hours from where I am by car...and a lot of hours by bike. Race Across The Sky....the bike series might be a good one for those who like to do trail rides. I like what some of the advertisements say - something about you'll be trying to catch your breath while the scenery tries to take it away....
Meanwhile...back to the stats!
Season meters as of 350/366 = 196,702,734 m
Total meters on day 349 = 568,776 m
Total meters on day 350 = 506,846 m
Oars in space (participation) = 30 and 24 percent
MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:
8.35 MM Jay
7.8 MM Ron
7.3 MM Cathie
5.5 MM Michelle
4.55 MM Ronnie
3.6 MM bg
3.6 MM Christa
3.55 MM Zander
3.45 MM Baz
3.2 MM Sarah
3.1 MM Roger
3.0 MM Robyn
2.9 MM Tammy
2.1 MM Walter
2.05 MM Harold
1.75 MM Scott
1.7 MM Brian
1.5 MM Dennis
1.4 MM Diana
1.4 MM Jeff P
1.2 MM Tony
900 K Greg C
750 K Mario Jackson - a cool three-quarter million!
400 K Ed
Million Meter Watch:
Ron with (185,576 m) to go!
Million Meter Watch:
Anita with (17,387 m) to go!
Million Meter Watch:
Paul S with (31,866 m) to go!
Marie with (103,988 m) to go! Hooboy - she's heading down the final stretch towards TWO million...
Million Meter Watch:
Chris H with (31,209 m) to go!
Greg C with (98,950 m) to go!
Nataliya with (122,937 m) to go! You can make it if it's your goal...would take 8200 m a day for the next 15..
Thanks for rowing with us today!
From Day 349:
Mario Jackson 1,500 m
Steven D 1,754 m
Jeanette 3,012 m
Sam 3,200 m
Tony 
m
Jim 
m
Brian 5,000 m
Danno 5,000 m
Tim K 5,518 m
Nataliya 5,500 m
Rich M 
m
Peter G 6,429 m
Mitch J 6,465 m
Ronnie 6,500 m
David T 7,000 m
Marty 7,000 m
Tammy 7,000 m
AJ 7,019 m
Jeff P 7,205 m
Paul B 7,301 m
Sam 7,500 m
Anita 7,550 m
Roger 7,600 m
Christa 8,500 m
Scott 8,512 m
K2 8,904 m
Diana 9,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Rosi 10,000 m
bg 10,048 m
Jeri 10,150 m ... and looks like a new photo! A Westy, I think? Very handsome pup.
Rivka 11,000 m
Sarah 11,000 m
Raoul 11,069 m
Zander 11,500 m
Harold 12,000 m
Bernie 12,013 m
Fritz 12,571 m
Elton 14,000 m
Minnie 14,527 m
Baz 15,000 m
Ed 15,000 m
Robyn 15,000 m
Jay 16,000 m
Richard T 17,000 m
Katerina 20,000 m
Michelle 22,000 m ...hooboy, you're putting in some meters!
Walter 25,000 m
Cathie 27,500 m
Marie 30,000 m
Ron 33,097 m ... half marathon in there!
From Day 350:
Mario Jackson 1,500 m
Sunny 3,000 m
Jodi 3,184 m ...and she hits the 50K WEC milestone, too!
Tony 
m
Jim 4,545 m
Danno 5,000 m
Jeri 5,016 m
Rich 
m
David T 6,000 m
Paul S 6,003 m
Peter G 6,220 m
Sarah 6,500 m
Tom M 6,548 m
Sam 7,000 m
Marty 7,013 m
Christa 9,000 m
Rivka 9,200 m
Baz 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Greg C 10,363 m
Bruce 10,883 m
Ronnie 11,000 m
Zander 11,000 m
Fritz 11,507 m
Harold 12,130 m
Katerina 13,000 m
Robyn 13,000 m
Roger 13,000 m
Tammy 13,000 m
Scott 13,013 m
Dennis 13,500 m
Marie 15,000 m
Diana 16,000 m
Richard T 16,111 m
Minnie 16,670 m
Brian 20,000 m
Cathie 20,000 m
Rosi 20,813 m
bg 22,226 m
Jay 25,013 m
Walter 30,000 m
Michelle 36,000 m
*crosses fingers for good weather on Monday*
The End is Nearer!... 
