I have a feeling this post will be extremely rambling, so apologies in advance! It’s been 2 weeks since the Oakland Marathon and being the reflective (i.e., overly analytical) person that I am, I have many thoughts about the experience.…
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Race Recap: 2014 Oakland Marathon
Why I wanted to run this race & Goals: Discussed in detail here and here, but the basic gist is that I decided to run the Oakland Marathon about 2 months ago because I thought it would be fun and…
Oakland Marathon Week 7! (race week)
Hi there! I’m happy to report that I’ve survived yet another marathon. The post-race marathon waddle has set in, with a lot of soreness and achiness in my hips. My calves were the only muscles that really despised being foam-rolled…
Tagged with: Alameda, friends, Lake Chabot, Oakland Marathon, race week, taper, weekly recap
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Race Preview: Oakland Marathon
Race: Oakland Marathon Date & Time: Sunday, March 23, 2014 @ 7:30 a.m. Where: Oakland, CA Course reconnaissance: The most glaring thing is that huge hill (small mountain?) from miles 3 to 11. I’m used to seeing elevation profiles like…
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
Things that are completely obvious
Such as: Packing, moving, and unpacking for 2.5 days will wreck your body and make you useless in every way possible. Said moving activities are incompatible with training for a marathon, in that even if your body is willing, your…
Tagged with: decision fatigue, Lake Merritt, long run, moving, Oakland Marathon
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Posted in random, Training
See you later, Oakland
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the Gypsy Runner and I are moving out of Oakland. While I hate the general process of moving, especially since I’ve done it 4 times in the past 5 years, the thing that…
Tagged with: 20 miler, bad runs, Lafayette-Moraga Trail, mental training, Oakland, Oakland Marathon, Upper San Leandro Reservoir
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What would it take?
(I realize that this is the second post in a row in which I’ve used a question as a title, a total cop-out, lazy thing to do, but then again, I never claimed to be the world’s most hard-working blogger!)…
Tagged with: confidence, form, Lafayette Reservoir, mental training, nutrition, Oakland Marathon, running goals, timed mile
Posted in Goals, random, Training
Posted in Goals, random, Training
What do you look for in a running blog?
A couple of weeks ago, I fell into the rabbit hole also known as Get Off My Internets (GOMI). For those who aren’t familiar, it’s snark-central for the entire blogosphere. I forgot why I went there in the first place,…
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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Running Tangents 