runner's rambles

Don’t Forget!

on September 9, 2011

The Walnut Festival Run is this weekend!

If you live in the Bay Area, or happen to be in the Bay Area this weekend, come out and run! There is still time to register Friday night at Sports Basement Walnut Creek and race day registration is also available.

We are so excited for the big day and I can’t wait to see everything come together. I still remember talking with Jason about this on New Years Eve which seems like yesterday. Yet here we are, over 9 months later, getting ready for race day!

It’s been so fun to be a part of a race behind the scenes. I have just done a very small part, but it’s really amazing and eye opening to see how much work really goes into a race, even a small local one.

This race is put on 100% by volunteers who just love running and want to put on a race to raise money for a good cause. This year has a patriotic theme for September 11th, with the money going towards local schools. It’s going to be a great morning!

We hope to see you there!

Do I get to see you at the Walnut Festival Run? Are you racing this weekend?

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Weekly Recap: Funemployment

on September 8, 2011

Now that I got that little announcement off my chest, I can go back and recap last week just a few days late. Bare fridge with no training plan! I pretty much threw my training plan out the window during my funemployment. It was too daunting and I just didn’t want to do what it [...]

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Something’s Gotta Give

on September 7, 2011

2011 has definitely been a pretty epic year so far for me. I ran Boston, I ran Big Sur, and I ran SFM all while devoting myself to more extracurricular activities than I could have imagined when the year started. All this on top of Chris starting a new career and me finding a new [...]

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Mt. Diablo

on September 6, 2011

In keeping with the theme of my funemployment, which was wanting to do things I haven’t done before, Chris and I decided to head up Mt. Diablo Monday morning for my last hurrah before becoming a working person again. I stare at this mountain all the time and have always wanted to go running there. [...]

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Where I Grew Up

on September 5, 2011

Thursday night Chris and I hopped in the car for the 4 hour drive south to my parents house. We both love going to visit them, it’s just so relaxing down there and is definitely a getaway for us. I went to college (and met Chris!) only 30 minutes from where I grew up, so [...]

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Foodie Friday: Summer Night Quinoa

on September 2, 2011

It has been a long time since I have done a Foodie Friday post! It’s probably since I pretty much have been eating the same thing day in and day out and pretty much dislike cooking. That’s fine, eating the same thing all the time works for me, but I was really excited when I [...]

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Mission Peak

on September 1, 2011

I have been trying to make the most of my few days off by doing things I wouldn’t typically do and seeing friends I don’t get to see that often. Today I killed two birds with one stone and met up with my long lost friend JoLynn for my first hike up to Mission Peak! [...]

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August

on September 1, 2011

Good bye August, hello September! I am very happy to say goodbye to August because when I think of August I think of the word hot. I do have mixed emotions about September though. Although I love it because it means we are that much closer to my most favorite months of the year (November [...]

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Just Incase

on August 31, 2011

Most of my runs are pretty planned out every week. I have pretty standard routes for different types of runs and what time of day I will be running, but I have always tried to make sure to keep running clothes and shoes in my car just incase. Just incase I feel like running right [...]

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When Motivation Wanes

on August 30, 2011

I have always been fairly good at finding my running motivation when it’s nowhere to be found by using some tricks I have come up with over the years. Since my motivation is hiding somewhere lately, I thought it would be a good reminder to myself, and anyone else lacking motivation, to list out my [...]