Returning in Early November

I will be on vacation for the next two weeks in Nicaragua and will have extremely limited access to Facebook, MySpace and the Blog, so please allow me to direct you to some blogs that I frequent and enjoy. Until I return: Run Strong, Finish Stronger. Marathon Mama: An...

24-hours

In exactcly 24 hours I will be at the starting line of my very first Ultra Marathon. An Ultra Marathon is any distance over the Marathon distance of 26.2 miles. This event will be 50k with the Pacific Coast Trail Runners (or 30.7 miles) over trails and with a 4,500...

4th of July Weekend Plans

With it being a short week and my not having logged any miles this week, how about we plan an interesting challenge this weekend: 3 days, 3 runs, 30 miles, 1 lake. It’ll be 10 miles a day, three days in a row around a gorgeous lake at sunrise. I’ll be at...

National Running Day 2009

Today is the inaugural National Running Day and was created as “a national initiative whereby many of the major organizations within the running industry are joining forces in an unprecedented unified effort to nationally and locally promote running as a...

Hit the Road Jack 10k

It’s official. I am addicted to speed (relatively speaking). I just signed up to participate in my second ever 10k. It is the Hit The Road Jack 10k in Santa Rosa and is taking place on June 7th. The Run begins on the north side of the historic Sonoma Plaza. Both...

Summer Race Schedule

San Francisco is not known for warm temperatures, so when it hit 85 it got me thinking about everyone’s summer race schedule. The heat is upon us (some worse than others) and we are about to enter the month of June in a couple weeks. Graduations are taking...