2017 wasn’t unkind to me. I had quite a few (mini) adventures and loved most of the year. Trying to pick a few “bests” and “favorites” wasn’t quite as easy as I expected. But here it goes: Best unplanned adventure – a friend and I were waiting for the Lowest Glow on Earth balloon festival […]
This race was not for the faint-hearted. What sounds like a fun way to start a Saturday, a 6k run or walk, is still kicking my butt more than 30 hours later. One Word: Uphill The Palm Springs Tram Road Challenge is an uphill 3.7-mile race with an almost 2,000 feet elevation gain. It’s your […]
I haven’t written a race report in a long time. And maybe you’ll think writing about a 10k is boring. But there is no boring. This is the race that made me love running again. The race that made me love running again A couple of months ago, my friend said, hey let’s run the […]
It has been an amazing Team in Training season and I wish I would have shared more with you as we trained. We had some fun moments learning THE BIG RESET & sumo-style stretching. We had amazing fundraising heroes, who all went out of their way to raise money for a cause so much bigger […]
Wow! I didn’t think I could stay away from racing for a full year. But then it happened. My last race before my running sabbatical was the Austin Half Marathon in 2015. I took 3 straight months off from running and then slowly added short runs back into my routine. And when I say “short […]
This is actually hard. Really hard. The first few runs after my running sabbatical were easy and fun and I thought it would be easy to just go and work my way back up to real mileage. Read more: the 5 lessons I learned from my running sabbatical. But it’s not easy! I am […]
In February after the Austin Half Marathon I started my running sabbatical. I was exhausted from running and racing a lot in 2014. 14 races actually last year, 9 of them half marathons. I was on the verge of hating running. And as a devote runner that frightened me! I decided to stop running […]
“What matters most, more than training and luck, is the heart. Only a fearless and determined heart will get the the gold medal. It’s all about passion.” ~Isabel Allende My training for the upcoming Austin half marathon can be at best described as “taper first, train later”. You could call it “fearless”, but it wasn’t […]
How the time passes by. The first month of the year is nearly over. And I have been pretty bad about journaling my 100 Days of Happiness. But you both should be happy to know that I have been living my 27 Days of Happiness so far! I have done plenty of yoga, running, […]
I recently ran my slowest ever half marathon. To be honest it took me nearly 4 hours to complete it. And my ‘normal’ half marathon pace is under 2h30min. So, don’t stop reading yet. As I was running the race (and the 3 days after as I was recovering) I thought about this: What is […]
I completed half marathon #21 yesterday! It’s only half as crazy as it sounds. I know people who have run that many FULL marathons. So no biggie. Yesterday’s Coyote Hill Half Marathon was in fact my very first trail half marathon and it was 2-lap run: We were a team on 6 Team in Training […]
Better late than never. So they say. And so I say. It’s been exactly 14 days since the year started and I ran my first race of the year. It was all pretty hazy. No. No. No. You mis-understand. It was the smog and not the New Year’s Eve champagne!We have had “Spare the Air” […]