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Yves Lortie

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Gobi March (2013) blog posts from Yves Lortie

30 May 2013 07:44 am (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time(US & Canada)

All three partners of '' No country for three old man'' has arrived in Bole.

Weather is perfect.

People here are as nice as you can imagine.

Ready to roll.

Like they say in French, the only thing left to do is :

Il fait beau, la mer calme ...ferme ta gueule pis rame.

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Anne Rushworth

Posted On: 05 Jun 2013 02:05 am

Ok, I'm with Line on this one, you are crazy ! :) but that's how I know you'll all make it... Go for it and enjoy then ride Yves, Serge and Ricky ...

Normand Forand

Posted On: 04 Jun 2013 03:40 pm

Bonne chance Yves

joe cat

Posted On: 03 Jun 2013 12:22 pm

go yves go

Pedro Cruz

Posted On: 03 Jun 2013 02:46 am

Esta muy loco senor. Hasta la victoria siempre.

Michel Julien

Posted On: 02 Jun 2013 06:55 pm

le stage 1 en 7H30.C'est beau Men,lache pas Tabar........

Jean-Pierre Lortie

Posted On: 31 May 2013 06:51 pm

Les valises sont là aussi? Si oui, c'est bien parti! Lâchez-pas!

Line Langlois

Posted On: 31 May 2013 02:03 am

No more running gear hanging around ,no sweaty backpack to wash,no more ziplocks here and there...miss you,am proud of you,your my hero...L. Xox

24 May 2013 01:46 am (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time(US & Canada)

One week from the start.

Are we ready ? 

Yes of course.

Usain Bolt will look slow compare to us. 

No country for the old men team will run like a speedy camel.

However, to be conviced , for final preparation,  I will run the Burlington Marathon  on May 26 th.

It will be my 12 th consecutive  Vermont City Marthon.

This year, it is very special, one of my kid , Vincent will run with me for his first marathon ever.
Or course.... I'll let him win for his first big race.

After the race , jump in the car , quick shower, back in the car to the airport ...direction:  Bole, China.

Like a famous wrestler from Québec ( Edouard Carpentier )  use to say: Ça va faire mal mes amis.

YL

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santa claus

Posted On: 03 Jun 2013 02:43 am

Keep up the good work!! You'll be rewarded come christmas time!!! Merry Christmas in advance!!! Santa

joe catalano

Posted On: 24 May 2013 09:36 pm

go for it buddy make us proud

25 March 2013 12:42 pm (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time(US & Canada)

While we are piling up the miles through  tough winter runs .... we are preparing our strategy for Gobi.

Packing will be critical for effective running and optimizing the weight for Gobi.

As an engineer, we always  want to optimize things...

Every Friday night  for the last 3 months I making scenario of packing and moving parts from the left pocket to the right pocket....and back to the left pocket.

This Friday, my wife told me officially that I was crazy.

2 hours every Friday , for the last 3 months, I don't know what she means.

In any case maybe I misunderstood  her  and she meant she was turning crazy.

The good news is,  we only have 10 Fridays to go before the start of the race.

Packing should ready by then...

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19 December 2012 02:50 am (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time(US & Canada)

Training for Gobi is one thing.
Training for Gobi in winter in Montreal is one thing plus a little something.
We had our first snow storm saturday december 15 and another one today december 18.
Winter is not started  yet (officially December 21 st ) and long runs are getting everything out of us. 

Cold , Snow, Wind  and Darkness are great to get  all the mental toughness we need.

In fact we might be ready for Antartica, before our time if winter stays like that.

Today, just tried new running shoes with winter spikes..Awesome.

If you add :
Couples of Hot Shots ( new 8 hours , extra long ), some creative  way of  packing bottles of water to prevent from frezing, dry clothes to change at mid point in  the long run, and all type of '' tuque'' for all windy conditions....
Everyting is like in summer, the rest is just in our head.

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06 November 2012 02:14 am (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time(US & Canada)

On October 6 th 2012, we went in beautiful Idaho to run the Yellowstone Teton race.
The 50 miles started in Montana and finshed in Driggs, Idaho. Some other very courageous people has done the 100 miler starting in west Yellowstone.

Beautiful scenic view along all 50 miles. Cold at the beginning and at the end ,but  it was a good place to start training for Gobi 2013.

The organization was fabulous.

Thanks to Jay and Lisa Batchen.

Great  place , and great people.

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Kim Pribanic

Posted On: 09 Nov 2012 02:28 am

Congratulations! :-D I wanted to do that one myself, but there was just no way to swing it. Maybe we'll have recovered enough from China to be able to do it next year? Happy training! kim

Riitta Hanninen

Posted On: 07 Nov 2012 09:04 am

Hi Yves, Sounds like a great training race. Keep it up, look forward to seeing you in China! Riitta from RacingThePlanet team