Bay to Breakers Recap

Bay to Breakers Recap

Sometimes a weekend can just surprise you. On Saturday, I met up with a couple of friends to run 22 miles in San Francisco. We met up with a third friend around mile 10 and did a nice looped course around the city. When all was said and done, we ended up with a total...
52.4 Mile Challenge

52.4 Mile Challenge

I’ve done the San Francisco Marathon multiple times and this year, I was looking to do it just a little bit differently than previous years. Enter the San Francisco Marathon 52.4 Mile Challenge, previously known as the Worth the Hurt challenge, open to only 100...
High mileage is here again

High mileage is here again

Time flies… and when you look at a training calendar, it can certainly fly by even faster. I kept my miles fairly low in April. I ran frequently, but nothing further than the half marathon at the beginning of the month. I decided to let my body rest a little bit...
Running at a different pace

Running at a different pace

It’s a tricky thing when you talk about speed. I try to keep everything in perspective when pace comes up with runners and non-runners. I understand that you used to run a 5 minute mile in high school, but my goal is not to run a mile as fast as I can…...
Weekend Spectacular

Weekend Spectacular

I would love to say that the title of this post is a result of an amazing long run that I had and how smashing it was… but that is just simply not true. I got up early Friday morning in hopes of logging 15 or so miles before work. That requires a 4am wake up...
Let’s Mix Things Up

Let’s Mix Things Up

When I ran the ASICS LA Marathon back in March, I was fortunate enough to be able to take home a NutriBullet courtesy of being a member of the ASICS Blogger Challenge. I always see photos of other runners and fitness folks rocking their smoothies and shaker cups on...