And just like that, I am even more in love with California. When Cristen, Lauren, Caron and I began planning our adventure, we wanted to take advantage of the amazing places in our very own state. Not only is it easier logistically (drivable!), but California is such a huge state with so many parts that [...]
Tag Archives | Trail Running
Adventure Awaits
This year I set out with a simple goal of being more adventurous in my running. While I have had a few races and goals along the way, going new places, running new trails and being fully engulfed in the adventure of each day is what has driven my winter and spring. Not quite two [...]
Point Reyes
Jojo, Jessica and I have been using birthdays as an excuse this year to do something different with our runs and go explore somewhere fun. We planned ahead and reserved a weekend in March that worked for all of us, and let Jojo – the birthday girl – pick which location she wanted to run [...]
There’s No Place Like…
… the Bay Area in February apparently. This “winter” (if it can even be called that) has been incredible. Although we really, really need the rain (we have had the driest couple months in a long time after the craziness that was December 1st), it’s been so nice to run around on dry trails through [...]
Focus
As a person who has always had a big next goal, I am constantly asked the question “what’s next?” or “what are you training for?” While I do have races on the calendar, the spot on my fridge that typically holds a training plan has been happily empty since December. Running without a training plan [...]
Tour of Diablo
To continue with my birthday celebrations, I tricked talked my fellow trail adventurers Jojo and Jessica into exploring my favorite Bay Area mountain with me. Kind of a “it’s my birthday and we will run where I want to” kid of thing. Both girls had been to the summit with me on separate occasions, but [...]
50k
Wednesday I turned 50k years old. Normally I don’t refer to my age in kilometers, but this year it seems appropriate. To kick off the year of the 50k, I took a vacation day from work and headed to Marin with Chris to show him around Muir Woods and Mt. Tam. It was another incredibly [...]
Giddy
During the last couple peak weeks of North Face training, I vowed that I would take a break from 50 milers and let myself just run for a while. Instead of planning out trail runs based on distance, I wanted to plan runs specifically because there were trails I wanted to explore. Instead of adding [...]
Winter Break
I absolutely love this time of year in the East Bay. All of a sudden you take a second to stop and look around, and the hills have turned a florescent shade of green and the dirt has changed to a dark shade of brown. It may be sticky, slippery and muddy at times, but [...]
Race Report: ITR Berkeley Trail Adventure 35k
(source) Another weekend of long runs, and another Inside Trail race to kick them off! I realized too late I was a big fail in the picture department, so this will be a wordy post. I have been looking forward to this race for a long time. I love running in Tilden park and [...]
