The Giant Race Recap

The Giant Race Recap

Sometimes you just don’t have it. We’re runners, there are good days and bad days. Often you can point to specific reasons why you don’t have your “mojo,” other times you really aren’t sure why. It just happens. This past weekend I...
My "Shortest" Half Marathon

My "Shortest" Half Marathon

Want to take a journey with me on my shortest Half Marathon? It’s quite an experience, I promise. Here is a some very brief context: last Saturday, July 16, was the Davis Moo-nlight Half Marathon. I was rocking a super-fresh hot pink shirt in honor of wifey...
Incredible Photos

Incredible Photos

Incredible photo time! Here are the photos from MarathonFoto of the 2011 Oakland Running Festival. Sorry, these are not in Chronological order… Hulk not now what Chronological means… Before the race! A few seconds later, Hulk attacked by pigeons. Seriously....
Oakland Running Festival: Recap

Oakland Running Festival: Recap

Oakland Running Festival, Half Marathon, 3/27/2011 After realizing that my training milage was not high enough for me to attack the full, I decided to run the half… dressed as the Incredible Hulk. I’ve been wanting to do it for over a year, run as the hulk...
200th Post: NYC Marathon Recap

200th Post: NYC Marathon Recap

With so much excitement surrounding the ING NYC marathon, this may be one of the toughest recaps I have had to write due to the fact that there is SO MUCH to write about. I will try to cover as much as possible, while still keeping it a decent, readable length. Of...
Recap: San Jose Rock n Roll Half

Recap: San Jose Rock n Roll Half

Coming off ITB injury and slowly building miles to NY, I had no wiggle room for any kind of set back. Having registered for the Rock n Roll San Jose Half Marathon a year in advance and running it the last 4 years, I was pretty set on doing the race. Whether it was...