“I remember you wrote about that when you had your blog.” Eek. Had??? Those words were said to me last week and I’ll admit they stung for a millisecond. It wasn’t news to me that I let the dust settle on this blog and it’s no accident I’m posting this 2 months to the day…
Angeles National Forest Trail Race 25K
As I sat down on a boulder alongside the trail, I could feel this intense wave of nausea rising quickly. I had slowly been ascending for the past hour in temperatures hovering around 100. Each step becomes increasingly more difficult the further I go. My breathing was more labored as my heart felt like it…
Cirque Du Griffith Park 12 Hour – 2018
When I told someone the premise of the Cirque Du Griffith Park, thinking that maybe they’d like to participate, their immediate reaction was, “BORING!!” I could see why they’d think that. The idea of going around a 2.5-mile loop for 6 or 12 hours with no change in direction could sound, yeah, downright boring. Luckily…
Laughing Through The Miles
Based on how my body feels right now, I feel like taking the rest of the week off from running. Nothing will hurt my training right now more than continuing to push my body when it’s fatigued. After I finished the Quicksilver 50K, my body started to feel “off;” more tired than usual. It was…
Quicksilver 50K 2018
Quicksilver has been on my race radar for a few years now. Back in 2015, I knew my Spring 2016 race was going to come down to either Quicksilver or Miwok, and I told myself if I didn’t get into Miwok through its lottery, I’d hop on over to my second choice, Quicksilver. Of course,…
What To Do
It is a new month and upon me, is a new race! Well, not exactly a new race, but a new race for me because I’ve never done it before, and I’m excited about it! There isn’t any race I go in without any sort of excitement attached to it, or else why would I…
Leona Divide 50 2018
Going into the Leona Divide 50 Mile, my body wasn’t feeling 100%. Recently, I’ve been experiencing a weird sensation on the outside of my left leg; below the hip and above the knee. It doesn’t hurt when I run. It doesn’t hurt at all. No pain whatsoever, but something is there. I can feel something…
Wild on the PCT
When I got out to the San Francisquito trailhead, there were a few people already gearing up to go out onto the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). We were all there to get some miles in to prepare for next weekend’s (April 14th) Leona Divide trail race. It was a cold morning, 40-ish degrees Fahrenheit, and…