One of the things at the top of my list to figure out before AR50 was how I wanted to carry my hydration. There are numerous aid stations along the course, but with something as long as a 50 miler I really needed, and wanted, to carry my own fluids. Handheld vs. Hydration Pack Over [...]
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Before, During, After
Before… Brand new pretty gore-tex shoes being tested for the first time (and little did I know how tested they would be!). During… A reward of beautiful views of the CA coastline after climbing some messy muddy hilly trails. A visit to the magical Muir Woods. All on a preview of the North Face [...]
To The Top
My good friend Kerry is sadly moving away in a couple of months, but the awesome part is she has created a “Bay Area Bucket List” of things she wants to do and see before she leaves. She has been checking them off left and right and I was lucky enough to get to join [...]
Race Report: ITR Lake Chabot 30k
Somehow I went almost a whole week without blogging which is so unlike me! I am not sure how that happened, it’s just been a busy week I guess with running, sleeping (a lot!), eating, working, and family time. I was originally signed up for the PCTR Pacifica 30k that had been previously moved from [...]
Longest Run {Yet}
Today I ran 28 miles, which is the furthest I have ever ran. For now. It was anything but easy. I have every other Friday off work which is making ultra-training life so much easier with these crazy back to back long runs. It gives me an extra day to actually have somewhat of a [...]
Race Report: 2012 CTR Golden Gate Marathon
When I first started making my training plan for AR50, I printed out the dates of all the local trail races to see what matched up. Running trail races as training runs is so great – the course is marked, there is food at the aid stations and just the general feel of trail races [...]
Magic
I have to admit that after yesterday’s 24 mile run, I was a little intimidated about going out and running long again. 18 miles long. Actually 18 hilly trail miles long. There were most definitely points in yesterday’s run where I highly questioned my ability to run 50 miles on April 7th. 24 miles felt [...]
Race Report: 2012 ITR Brooks Falls Half Marathon
I had gone back and forth on running this race and still hadn’t decided on Wednesday last week. Billy must have been reading my mind because I got a message from him asking if I wanted an entry to run the inaugural Inside Trail Racing event. A quick check in with my plans and I was in, [...]
Running in Tahoe
I am always a big planner when going on vacation. What is the weather going to be like? What clothes should I pack? Where are we going to eat? What are we doing to do? And the most obvious… where am I going to run? My family had planned to spend the week after Christmas [...]
Above the Fog
This morning Chris and I headed out into the foggy morning for our weekly Sunday trail running date. We didn’t feel like driving too far to go running, so we decided to keep it local and head over to Mt. Diablo. We weren’t really sure which route we were going to take, but we had [...]
