Race day: Sunday, July 26th, 2015. All signs indicated that things would go smoothly. The week before the race was extremely calm, at work and at home. I ate healthily and slept well. On the morning of the race, the…
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Race Recap: Big Basin 50K
Tagged with: 50k, Big Basin, friends, Gypsy Runner, photos, race recap, ultramarathon
Posted in Big Basin 50K, Race Recap, Trail running
Posted in Big Basin 50K, Race Recap, Trail running
Happy 2nd Blog-a-versary! (and Big Sur Week 3)
Today, Running Tangents turns 2! It’s been a great experience so far. One thing that I’ve found extremely rewarding about Running Tangents is all of the great people I’ve met and gotten to know — either through the blog itself…
Tagged with: Big Sur, blog-a-versary, blogs, bt, Golden Gate Park, Gypsy Runner, Lake Chabot, Land's End, Live Oak Towhee, long run, marathon, San Francisco, training
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Settling in
Hello there! I’ve survived #movepocalypse2014 and am happy to report that I’m much better rested and less stressed compared to last week. Today was momentous: the last box was unpacked, I finished acquiring all of the little things we needed,…
Tagged with: Bay Trail, Gypsy Runner, intervals, Lake Chabot, moving, Oakland Marathon, Ten Hills Trail
Posted in Trail running, Training
Posted in Trail running, Training
Marathons on My Mind
Hey guys, guess what? I’m running 2 marathons in the next 11 weeks! In 6 weeks, I’m running the Oakland Marathon and in 11 weeks, it’s the Big Sur International Marathon (BSIM). I didn’t intentionally set out to run 2…
Tagged with: BSIM, Gypsy Runner, marathon, Oakland Marathon, trail, training plan
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Race Recap: ITR Woodside Ramble Half Marathon
Why I wanted to run this race: For my birthday, the Gypsy Runner suggested that he pay for race entries so that we could run a race together, which I thought was a *perfect* idea. Coincidentally, Inside Trail was offering…
Tagged with: Gypsy Runner, half marathon, hills, Huddart Park, Inside Trail Racing, race recap, race swag, trail racing, Wunderlich Park
Posted in Race Recap, Trail running
Posted in Race Recap, Trail running
Marine Corps Marathon Week 14
I feel like I’ve entered an alternate reality where 50-mile weeks are the new normal and a 34-mile cutback weeks are no biggie. (For perspective, my highest mileage week for CIM was 34.4 miles and that was race week.) What…
Tagged with: Black Dynamite, fartlek, friends, Gypsy Runner, Mendocino, photos, trail
Posted in MCM, Training
Posted in MCM, Training
Weekly training recap: 3/4/13
Mon: REST. Tues: The plan was for 5 easy miles. Not only did I come up short, but I felt tired and sluggish. I guess the back-to-back runs the weekend before (especially the trail run at Briones Reservoir on Sunday)…
Tagged with: 800m, bloggers, core, Gypsy Runner, intervals, rock climbing, Running for a Better Oakland, spectating, stretching, track, training
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Weekly training recap: 2/4/13
Before I start, I want to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! I cooked a big meal for the Gypsy Runner and I, consisting of a few auspicious dishes: sticky rice cakes and steamed fish. I also made mushrooms…
Tagged with: food, Gypsy Runner, mile repeats, Oakland, photos, PT, pull-ups, rock climbing, Running for a Better Oakland, stretching, training, yoga
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Race Recap: Drag-N-Fly 10K*
*Like almost all of Brazen’s races, the distances are the closest approximation to conventional road races. This course, we were told, was 6.61 miles. Why I wanted to run this race: Ever since running the Bad Bass race last year,…
Tagged with: 10K, Antioch, Brazen, Drag-N-Fly, Gypsy Runner, hills, photos, races, trail
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Posted in Race Recap
Race Recap: Lake Chabot Trail Challenge 2012
This race is aptly named. It is, by far, the most challenging race I’ve ever run. I signed up for the Lake Chabot Trail Challenge (LCTC hereafter) hoping to test myself and see if I was ready to endure the…
Tagged with: East Bay Triple Crown 2012, Gypsy Runner, half marathon, Lake Chabot Trail Challenge, races, trail
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Posted in Race Recap
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