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…
Category: Races
tofurky trot 2014
Several days have passed since I stopped stuffing my face with delicious vegan food for Thanksgiving and I can actually write about the Tofurky Trot 5K. The Tofurky Trot benefits the National Museum of Animals & Society
griffith park trail 10k 2014
Let’s just say the day didn’t start out as smoothly as I would have hoped. Because this race started an hour earlier, my Sunday morning started earlier, and I was just a little tired and heat drained from the day before. Again I ate my banana and peanut butter for breakfast and afterwards, headed over to where I…
griffith park trail half marathon 2014
Based on my last post, it was quite apparent I was very nervous going into the Griffith Park Trail Half Marathon and 10K weekend. I didn’t know how my right foot was going to feel (even though I was able to run pain-free that week). I was scared of rolling any ankles. I was afraid my lack of fitness…
valley crest trail half marathon 2014
A couple of weeks prior to the Valley Crest Half Marathon, I went out to run the course preview. That morning couldn’t have been more perfect! The weather was very cool. There was a nice gloomy overcast. I started just after 7AM. I felt good. And it was absolutely nothing like the actual race.
la marathon 2014
Let’s just get this out of the way quickly…marathon day was very hot! Muy caliente! When I started looking at the 10 day forecast, I knew it was going to be a tough one. Why couldn’t our local meteorologists be wrong this time around? Good thing when I got to Dodger Stadium there was an…
sean o’brien 50k – my first ultra distance
Some people ask, “What is an ultra?” Well, an ultra is considered anything past the marathon distance of 26.2 miles. I suppose walking a mile to the car after having run a marathon would be considered an ultra, but not officially. My very first ultra distance attempt was to be at the 2013 Ray Miller 50K….
team nutribullet: 10 miles
Day 24 of the Runner’s World Holiday Running Streak had me meeting Team NutriBullet for a 10 mile run. This was the first time pace groups were assembled and I started with a pretty good sized group. However, once we started ascending up the big hill for miles and miles, we lost people. Some people…