I’ve been trying to avoid turning this blog to a training log. Even though it’s useful for me, I know it can get boring for others. But I find that when I’m deep into a training cycle, and also busy…
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Pleasanton Ridge, Hamstring Issues, & a Practice Race
Tagged with: 10K, friends, Lake Merritt, LMJS, photos, Pleasanton Ridge, training
Posted in Race Recap, Training
Posted in Race Recap, Training
Race Recap: LMJS Couples Relay 2015
Why I wanted to run this race: The Lake Merritt Joggers and Striders Couples Relay is a 2-person, 10K race, where each team member takes his/her turn running 1 lap (5K) around Lake Merritt. The Gypsy Runner and I ran…
Race Recap: LMJS 4th Sunday 5K (October 2014)
I decided to run this past Sunday’s Lake Merritt Joggers and Striders 4th Sunday race only 3 days beforehand. KP and I were texting back and forth, trying to decide when our next running date would be. We were having…
Weekly training recap: 2/18/13 & BONUS Mini Race Recap!
Mon: President’s Day! The Gypsy Runner and I went rock climbing. As if that wasn’t enough of an upper body workout, I decided to go to yoga too, which turned out to be pretty intense. Stats: 2 hours cross-training (rock…
Tagged with: couples relay, intervals, Lake Merritt, LMJS, mile repeats, photos, rock climbing, Running for a Better Oakland, yoga
Posted in Race Recap, Training
Posted in Race Recap, Training
Weekly training recap: CIM Week 16 (Taper Week 1)
This week was a little funky because I ended up resting on both Monday and Tuesday. Mon: Rest. My foot and hip were still bothering me from the 20-miler on Sunday, but I could tell it was the kind of…
Weekly training recap: CIM Week 7 + Mini Race Recap LMJS 10K
I’m starting to sense that every week, there’s a theme to my training. This week’s theme was “run by feel.” Mon: Rest. Tues: Rather than go by any goal time, I wanted to run by feel (or perceived exertion). I…
Tagged with: 10K, CIM, cross training, intervals, LMJS, marathon, race recap, running, training
Posted in CIM, Race Recap, Training
Posted in CIM, Race Recap, Training
Race Recap: LMJS 4th Sunday 5K (May 2012)
In just about every aspect of my life, including running, my modus operandi is to plan, plan, and plan some more. So, it was a bit unusual for me to wake up at 7:30 a.m. yesterday and decide at the…
Race Recap: Tilden Tough Ten
You know it’s bad when you’re heading to the turnaround at a race and people are coming back with looks of frustration and exhaustion, saying things like, “There’s an issue at the turnaround,” and “There’s been a mistake,” and “Turnaround…
Tagged with: Berkeley, East Bay Triple Crown 2012, LMJS, races, Tilden, Tilden Tough Ten, trail
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Posted in Race Recap
Goals: April 2012
I’ve never been particularly good at setting running goals, especially without a race, but I do have some general goals that I want to attain. So I thought I’d write them down for my edification and also for your information…
Running Tangents 