After the Oakland Half, I started thinking about what my next goal would be. DD and I have talked on and off for a while about doing the Brazen Dirty Dozen 6 hour race. This is a 6 (or 12)…
Blog Archives
Still running…barely
It’s strange. I have a lot I want to write about, yet no desire to actually put my thoughts into words. Part of the hurdle for me is that I usually have a pretty good idea of the structure of…
Tagged with: 10K, Diablo Foothills, Inside Trail Racing, motivation, Rancho San Antonio, Random Ramblings, Redwood Regional, trail racing, Walnut Creek Half Marathon
Posted in random
Posted in random
Race Recap: PCTR Night Sweats 15K
Last month, I ran the Pacific Coast Trail Runs “Night Sweats” 15K. It was my first ever night trail run and I was both excited and scared. The idea of running on trails at night has always intrigued me, but…
Big Basin 50K Week 9: 50-Mile Week & Lake Chabot Trail Challenge Mini-Recap
Week 9, TL; DR version: I came down with a cold and I completed a 50-mile week, culminating with a 21.6 mile run on Sunday. Week 9, extended version: I don’t mean to complain, because I know people get sick…
Tagged with: 50k, Big Basin, head cold, Lake Chabot, sick, trail racing, training
Posted in Big Basin 50K
Posted in Big Basin 50K
Race Recap: Wildcat Half Marathon
Why I wanted to run this race: I had a Brazen race credit after volunteering their Bay Breeze event in February, and I’ve always wanted to run the Brazen Wildcat race. Despite the fact that Wildcat Canyon Park is just…
Race Recap: Brazen Summit Rock Half Marathon
For whatever reason, I haven’t really felt like recapping this race. I think it’s because there’s not that much to say – it was a tough race but I had fun and did the best I could. End of story. …
Tagged with: Brazen, race photos, race recap, race swag, single track, Summit Rock, trail racing
Posted in Race Recap
Posted in Race Recap
Race Recap: Chabot 30K
Why I wanted to run this race: I really like the confidence that comes from a hard, long trail run done during marathon training. Plus, back in late December, Inside Trail Racing (ITR) was offering 15% off any of their…
Tagged with: 30K, Inside Trail Racing, Lake Chabot, photos, race recap, race swag, trail racing
Posted in Race Recap, Trail running
Posted in Race Recap, Trail running
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
Race Recap: Skirt n’ Dirt 25K
One of my goals/resolutions of 2013 was to run a 30K trail race. Sort of arbitrary, right? Well, the goal wasn’t to necessarily run 30K — it was to race a distance between a half and a full marathon on…
Tagged with: 2013 Goals, hills, race recap, race swag, Redwood Regional, Skirt N Dirt 25K, trail racing
Posted in Race Recap, Trail running
Posted in Race Recap, Trail running
Trail Racing 101
Recently, Cathryn asked for trail racing tips as she prepared to face her first trail half marathon. (Spoiler: she nailed it, which you can read about here.) Not one to be economical with my words, I spilled out every tip…
Running Tangents 