Going into this running year and planning my training for the BIG race, Javelina Jundred, I knew every race I signed up for would have a purpose. No novelty just-for-the-heck-of-it races are on my agenda, so you won’t see me signing up for a “Run for Churros 5K” or a “Taco Taco 10K.” Wait, do those…
While hiking up Mt. Wilson was certainly a highlight in training, I’ve had a couple of pretty nice trail adventures since then.
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…
There has been a brief break in the Music Monday postings and while it wasn’t exactly intentional, it has been a little necessary. Life has been treading on the hectic and busy side, not to mention a shifting side (I’ll get to that in the next post), and sadly Music Monday did not make my high priority…
Every runner has their share of milestones: first 5K, half marathon, marathon, blister, black toenail, injury, maybe even an ultra. When I signed up for my first marathon back in 2000, I had only done a few small short distance races and nothing time shattering. I hadn’t even completed a half marathon yet! At the…
Starting last week’s training after running the Run Deo Run 50K, I knew I’d have some challenges. Having a couple of days off would be expected for me and it would leave Wednesday to run. At least that was the initial plan…until I was faced with seeing The Boss.
March 17, 2011 This was the day A Running Mess was born. My baby is officially 5 years old! My oh my how time flies since the very first blog post, toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in kansas anymore. The blog you see now, was not the blog I had then. Just like people, this…
Ohhhh the magical world of UltraSignup. If you ever find yourself on this site — beware. You could find yourself gazing deep into it’s Hot List and the Deal pages’ eyes and before you know it, 8 hours of your life have passed by and you didn’t even stop for snacks. If I could describe…