There’s a very good reason why I don’t go out, or stay up very late on Friday nights. It’s a reason most people don’t understand. Actually, I should say a reason most non-runners don’t understand. And a reason most runners will likely understand…
Author: arunningmess
music monday: my body
New feature on the blog that I’d like to call Music Monday! Something else exciting to look forward to on Monday. Gimme a second to remember what the other one is…hmmm… I was towards the end of a run; a run I was ready to finish. My energy was starting to wane and…
hello world! a running mess redesign.
Something which has filtered in and out of my thoughts since March, has finally come to fruition! For the past 3 months, my old Blogspot blog has sat quietly still, gathering dust, cobwebs, and the resemblances of an old abandoned ghost town. I knew I wanted to start writing again, but there was just something in my old platform I didn’t…
la marathon 2015
I started writing this recap of the LA Marathon shortly after finishing the race. And then I stopped writing it. For some reason, I just couldn’t get my fingers to the keyboard, or pen to paper (yes, I still use pen and paper to write). Life was busy. However, the added days allowed me to reflect more on…
la marathon 2015: for tia bronco
Why do I sign up for these things? That’s usually what I ask myself sometime during the week of the marathon, and mile 18. Just as I always suspect, this year’s marathon will be another hot one. I ran my first LA Marathon back in 2004 when we had record high heat and every mile or so,…
san diego 50 – my first 50 mile ultramarathon
Last Saturday, my eyes opened up on 1:48AM, a full 12 minutes before my alarm was set to go off and I was to hear “Lately I’ve been, I’ve been losing sleep…” the first line of “Counting Stars” by OneRepublic, which has been my go-to let’s go running wake up song for the past year or so. Yes,…
final thoughts before 50 miles
I had something a little more elaborate and more well-thought of that I had written, but I tossed it and decided to make this post raw. Excuse all the grammatical mistakes that may follow. These are just last minute thoughts running through my mind and hoping I can type fast enough to get them all,…
paramount ranch trail 30k
Lately, I haven’t been much in a writing mood but here it is, my final race recap for 2014 on the Paramount Ranch Trail 30K. Almost took me the remainder of the year to write it up, and I think I’m down to a few hours, but with the holidays, work, taking naps, reading, putting gas in the…