Cathryn came up with a great idea to have a series of “Where to Run Where I Live” guides for visitors, new transplants, and/or runners looking to explore new routes. Check out these editions that have already been posted: San…
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Where to Run: East Bay Edition
Tagged with: Bay Trail, Berkeley, East Bay, Joaquin Miller, Lake Chabot, Lake Merritt, Oakland, Redwood Regional, running, running guide, Tilden, Wildcat Canyon
Posted in Advice, Trail running
Posted in Advice, Trail running
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 9
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Less than 2 weeks left to go until race day!! Look for a race goals post/thought ramble later this week. Mon: Mondays are usually my rest days, but when it’s Memorial Day and…
Tagged with: backpacking, camping, hiking, long run, photos, Point Reyes, running, SF2HM, stretching, training, Ventana Wilderness
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 8
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Sorry for the delayed post, but I was busy enjoying my Memorial Day weekend, as I hope you all were too! Mon: Rest. Tues: Met up with KH for a run around the…
Tagged with: benchmark, cycling, friends, Lake Chabot, long run, photos, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 7
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Mon: Rest. Tues: I decided it was time to add some minor elevation gains to my usually easy Tuesday morning run. I ran up Trestle Glen and did 3 hill repeats at the…
Tagged with: Bay Trail, bike commute, cycling, Emeryville, hill repeats, intervals, long run, pacing, photos, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, tempo, training
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 6
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Mon: 30 min stretching/rolling. Tues: Easy run with KH and EH, who are back in town for a few weeks. I ran a mile to our meeting spot, ran with them for a…
Tagged with: ankle, bike commute, cycling, friends, HIIT, injury, intervals, Lafayette-Moraga Trail, long run, pacing, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training, walking
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 5
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Get ready for the shortest weekly training recap ever! Mon-Wed, Fri: Rest due to a strained ankle. It was just as well considering that we were experiencing a huge heat wave, which made…
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 4
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Halfway through this week, I realized that the 1st blogaversary of Running Tangents came and went without me even noticing. D’OH! When I think back to that first blog post from April 13,…
Tagged with: ankle, bike commute, cycling, injury, intervals, photos, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training
Posted in Injuries, Training
Posted in Injuries, Training
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 3
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Mon: REST. Tues: I like to plan easy runs for Tuesdays, because for whatever reason, I consistently have the worst runs on Tuesdays. I can think of several reasons for this: I usually…
Tagged with: hills, mile repeats, photos, progressive, Redwood Regional, running, SF2HM, stretching, tempo, training
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 2
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Sorry this is being posted 4 days later than usual, but we hosted a small gathering on Sunday, and then the whole Boston thing happened on Monday… so, I’m just now crawling out…
Tagged with: 800m, intervals, long run, photos, progressive, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Weekly training recap: 1/7/13
Mon: Rest. Tues: Last treadmill workout at my sister’s gym in Maryland, and first “speed” workout in a long, long time. Here are the details: – 1 mile warm-up @ 10:30 – 3 miles ramping up to HM pace: 9:30,…
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