I can’t remember what month it was exactly, but it seems like it was just yesterday. Sometime during the end of 2011 on one of our standard morning runs, my friend Sima said out loud to Kristin and myself that she thought she was ready to run a marathon. She was hesitant to say it [...]
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Crewing Lake Sonoma 50
Just when I thought I couldn’t be more inspired by trail running and ultra-marathoning, yesterday happened. My training partner Jojo had her first 50 miler Saturday – the Lake Sonoma 50. I was lucky enough to get to be a part of her big day and try to return some of the amazing support she [...]
Spectator Report: 2012 Oakland Running Festival
The bay area bloggers took over the Oakland Running Festival today! I was so excited to go be a spectator at this race. I was even more excited when I woke up this morning and saw that the rain they had been predicting to pour all over Oakland had passed by in the night. It [...]
Spectating 101
Spectators are a huge part of any race and I love being a spectator as much as I love being in a race! Spectator Reports: Nike Women’s Marathon, Napa Marathon, Vineman 70.3 Triathlon Since spring race season is ramping up, this is the perfect time for a post on some tips for spectating that you [...]
spectator report: 2010 vineman ironman 70.3 triathlon
i always say you can never really know a race just by looking at the finishing time, there is always a story behind it. if you looked at the splits of this one, you might guess there was definitely a story to go with it. my husband chris decided he wanted to train and race [...]
friday favorites: triathlon spectating
i have taken up a new hobby this summer in being a spectator for chris’s triathlons! they are SO fun to watch, if you ever have the chance to go spectate you really should. there is always something going on! the swim, the transitions, the bike, the run, the finish… and with everyone starting in [...]
at the races
between chris and my racing schedules this summer is jam packed! i feel like we will be spending practically every weekend at some sort of race. for the months of june and july one of us has a race 6 out of 8 weekends (including last weekend and this weekend)… sheesh. it is SO fun [...]
4 of 4
race weekend 4 of 4! BUT this time it wasn’t my race… yay! chris participated in his second triathlon today and it was so fun to be out there to cheer him on again, as well as a ton of our teammates and tara too! first though, i did a couple more runs this week… [...]
triathlons, bloggers and running, oh my!
it’s been a very busy and VERY fun weekend! i started off saturday morning by sleeping in a bit then heading out on a short recovery run with the pups. it was a perfect morning to be running. 5.2 miles/49:00/9:25 avg pace THEN we went and picked up tara and headed to marin for chris’s [...]
spectator report: 2009 napa valley marathon
my alarm went off at 5:05 am on sunday morning. a few minutes later i got a text from julianne saying: “ladies! it’s totally pouring. please don’t come!!! seriously…” i checked the forecast for napa and it was rain… all day long. a few minutes later i was texting and talking to the other ROHO [...]
