It’s the day before my next 50K race and I’m on the cusp of freakout mode. You see, not only is the Bulldog 50K an important race for me in terms of a personal goal and part of my 100 mile training, but as I’m tackling those 31-ish miles, I’m also aware I’m exactly 9 weeks until I line…
Category: Training
we’re the lucky ones
It is officially August! Yay!! August is lovely. August is my favorite! August is birthday month! I’m not one to go all crazy about my birthday. Generally I’m actually pretty quiet about it, but this year I’d very much like to reach my next birthday because the day before, I’m running the Bulldog 50K.
a trip to doubtland
This week was interesting. While the smoke from the Sand Fire had dissipated immensely, the air was muggy and hard to run through. I opted for a few days on the treadmill where the temperature was still warm but not as humid. Oh this humidity. If I just had to handle the heat, fine, but this…
reaching new heights
Saturday, July 23rd marked 14 weeks until Javelina Jundred and while I’d like to say it’s still waaay too early to freak out, I can’t help but have some mild anxiety over it. 14 weeks seems so short, now that I think about it. I mean, it was this time last year (July 2015) when…
a journey of 100(0) miles
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu And so, training for Javelina Jundred officially begins, and for arguments sake is only a hundred miles, not a thousand. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if people didn’t feel a difference between the two. And I feel like Saturday’s trail run…
a day on mount wilson
Trekking up Mt. Wilson is something I’ve been wanting to do for a really long time. So when my friend Crystal forwarded me an invitation to go, I knew I had to. Now, I’ll say this, going into this hike (and it was a LOT of hiking), I was pretty nervous about it because I’ve always heard…
a shift in perspective: ultra ordinary running style
Lately I’ve been feeling like something has been clicking with training. That is, until last week where nothing seemed to have clicked, and I’ll get to that in a bit. But, as far as the clicking portion is concerned, I’ll say it has a lot to do with the Ultra Ordinary Running Podcast.
miwok 100k training: 11 weeks to go
I can honestly say last week’s training went as I had hoped. Turns out planning kinda helps! Because I’ve had some low mileage weeks, due to being out sick and recovering from the San Diego 50, I wanted to ease back up to training and not immediately jump from zero to 40 or 50 mile training…