Last week, I ran the Oakland Half Marathon. I realized that I should recap this race before I forget too many of the details. Plus, I leave today for an 8-day work trip, and I definitely won’t have time blog.…
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Race Preview: Oakland Half 2018
I’ve been referring to the Oakland Half as a goal race, but have I been training like it? Hardly. I finally snuck in a couple of race pace/tempo workouts in the last few weeks, and got some decent long runs…
Race Recap: 2016 Oakland Half Marathon
Since I ran two races this year at the Oakland Running Festival as part of the “We Run The Town Challenge“, I decided to break this recap into 2 parts. This is part 2 recounting the Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon.…
Race week! Oakland Running Festival Preview 2016
Less than 3 days to go until race day! This will be my 5th consecutive year participating in the Oakland Running Festival (ORF), but my 1st time doing two events in one day – the 5K and the Half Marathon!…
Tagged with: Oakland 5K, Oakland Half, Oakland Running Festival, We Run This Town Challenge
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Posted in Race Preview
Race Recap: Oakland Half Marathon 2013
Yesterday, I finished the Oakland Half Marathon. I’ll save you the suspense and tell you right away that: no, I did not get my sub-2 goal. I was nowhere close. In fact, this was probably the most poorly executed race…
Tagged with: bloggers, half marathon, Oakland, Oakland Half, race photos, race recap, Running for a Better Oakland
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Posted in Race Recap
Weekly training recap: 3/18/13
Get ready for the shortest weekly recap yet! This week was all about taking it easy and resting before the Oakland Half. Mon: REST. Tues: 1 mile warm-up, 1 mile of fartlek intervals, 1 mile easy-medium, short cool-down. Some Garmin…
Arbitrary Goals & Racing Psychology
Two random blurbs before I head to bed: First, it occurred to me today how random running goals can be. Race results mean something very specific to runners, but to non-runners, they’re probably like, “Uh, sounds good, I guess??” So,…
On Confidence
Two things happen to me, without fail, about two weeks before a big race: 1. I decide I really need to buckle down in terms of nutrition. This means cutting refined sugar, fried things, and alcohol, while increasing the intake…
Tagged with: bad runs, confidence, courage, mental training, Oakland Half, Random Ramblings
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Posted in Goals, random
Easier Said Than Done
I was about to title this post “Just Relax Already!” but I thought the answer was better than the prompt. What’s this post about, you ask? Two seemingly unconnected topics that have been circling my brain as of late. The…
Weekly training recap: 12/10/12 (Oakland Half Week 1?)
I’m baaaack! I took a week off after CIM and this was my first week back in training mode. I gave my foot plenty of time to get over the tendonitis and treated myself to not one, but TWO, massage…
Running Tangents 