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Race Day
is (still) Sacred

In that short window between summer’s height and the true start of fall, we went
west. There, we joined five LA-area athletes eager for the challenge of time
trials and virtual races after a season of change. For them, like many of us,
race day doesn’t look much like it used to.

Gone is the bus ride to the start, making friends with the stranger next to us
trading stories and worries. Gone is the crowd in the corrals, the anxious wait
for a porta-potty. Gone are the cheers of fans lining the course with signs,
hands held out for high-fives. Gone is the medal we'll tuck in a drawer for
safekeeping.

And yet, for those looking to test themselves, as for these five athletes, race
day is still sacred. We wake up nervous, gulp down water and plan meals for
performance. We lay out those perfect socks, our favorite shorts, our lucky
charms. We play music on the warm-up and shake out jittery limbs. The clock is
our competition, the sound of our feet, our only company.

Even solo, we still set goals. We still yearn to go a little faster than the
time before, reaching our limits and somehow surging beyond them. Even solo,
there’s still so much to learn from trying.

Because, whenever and however it happens, race day is still sacred.


 

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Andrea Guerra

5K Time Trial

A marathoner, Andrea is no stranger to working hard on her own. Coming off the
Olympic Marathon Trials in March, the opportunity to run without racing felt
like a welcome reward after so much hard work. But eventually, the itch to go
fast became hard to resist. We met Andrea for a 5K time trial on the roads, part
of her build up in speed and mileage for her first-ever trail race.

 

To her story →


Marquis Bowden


8 x 1K with a 1K float


Marquis Bowden has big goals. The 31-year-old Los Angeles native found running
during the twilight of his basketball career, training with Blacklist LA. In
2017, he ran a debut 3:09 at the Chicago Marathon and then lowered his PR to
2:41 at the 2020 LA Marathon, a race which was supposed to serve as a training
run in the lead up to his first Boston Marathon. Postponements and cancellations
aside, Marquis is deep in the push for the virtual Boston, aiming to run between
2:35 and 2:40. He joined us for a tough 8 x 1K workout on the roads.

 

To his story →


03.

Vincent Bouillard


10K Time Trial


Vincent Bouillard is a well-rounded endurance athlete, equally at home on a bike
as he is on his feet. A native of France, he relocated to California in the last
year to work at Deckers, and is embracing the opportunity to train on everything
from mountain trails to quiet roads and ocean-side bike paths. He challenged
himself to run a 10K time trial on a hilly course to check his fitness after
some consistent, if not ultra-competitive, training.


 

To his story →


04.

Kamilah Journet


2 Mile Time Trial


Kamilah has the kind of perspective on running to which we should all aspire.
After years of competitive racing at the University of California, San Diego,
she’s embraced training and racing as a vehicle for personal growth and
satisfaction, rather than as a benchmark to measure and weigh against. As such,
she’s always game to challenge herself, to run hard and see what’s there. We met
her at the track for a two mile rust-buster time trial.


 

To her story →


05.

Rio Lakeshore


5K Time Trial


Rio Lakeshore hasn’t let the challenges of the last six months stand in the way
of his training or appetite for racing. When we met up with him, he was deep in
preparations for TSP DIY, a 31 hour relay race in which his team will run from
Santa Monica to the Mexico border. He hit the roads for a 5K time trial, ripping
a 4:50 in his first mile. As it goes with time trialing, his biggest competition
was the elements, including a fierce wind that pushed his pace to 5:10. “Not
bad,” he told us, “But definitely had a better finish time in mind. Sweet
redemption soon to come!”


 

To his story →


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