Year after year, hundreds of Arizona runners make the trek to San Diego for the America’s Finest City Half Marathon. As training through the summer in the Valley becomes longer and hotter, spending a weekend near the beach in late August seems like a perfect end-of-summer ritual.
The gallery includes images from Sea World, the U.S.S. Midway, and the Arizona desert at dusk, outside of Gila Bend.
Penguins!
Outside of Gila Bend, AZ:
Attending the four-day Bondurant Grand Prix Road Racing course both fulfilled a lifelong dream and let me know how much more I need to learn about driving an automobile fast for competition. We spent the first three days of the class driving the Corvette C5, and the fourth day driving a Formula Ford. I definitely need to work on my heel-toe downshifting. The class was everything I expected, and more… I had all four tires in the dirt on a couple occasions, but managed to avoid hitting anything…
My next opportunity to drive a Formula Ford will be during “Lap the Oval” day at Phoenix International Raceway, in November. It is a non-competitive event, but should be a lot of fun; I’ve attended races at PIR since grade school, and have always wanted to drive on that track…
Images from the Bondurant Grand Prix Road Racing class, Day 4.
What better way is there to watch 4th of July fireworks in Phoenix than from the roof of a high rise in the Camelback Corridor? Friends and teammates were treated to a 360 degree view of the city, and close proximity to a couple downtown Phoenix fireworks shows…
Images from the 4th of July, 2006
It seems somewhat fitting that the 2006 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships would end as it began, with a rain delay. The dreary conditions did not slow down the competitors. After the meet resumed, several world leading times fell in rapid succession.
Preliminary images from the 2006 USATF Outdoor Championships — Sunday
Lisa Galaviz, a standout runner at both Centennial High School and ASU, captured her first national championship, with a victory in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Day 4 of the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships was punctuated by thrilling photo finishes in the men’s 400 and 400 meter hurdle races, as well as a dominating performance by Sanya Richards in the women’s 400 meters.
Preliminary images from the 2006 USATF Outdoor Championships — Saturday
Marion Jones and Justin Gatlin grabbed the headlines, for their wins in the 100 meters. The schedule for Day 3 of the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships was lengthy, due to the scheduling of make-up races from Day 2. All three rounds of the 100 meters, which normally take place over two days, were compressed into one.
Distance events dominated the evening schedule, where both the men’s and women’s 5,000 and 10,000 meter races were contested. Tucson resident Bernard Lagat, competing in his first USA championship after becoming an American citizen, sprinted away from a loaded field in the final straightaway to win the 5000 meters.
Images from the 2006 USATF Outdoor Championships — Friday (updated 7/8/06)
