Back in the game
In case you were wondering, running 16 miles on pavement after taking a week completely off and not having run any pavement in 3 months is not a really good idea. By the bottom of Bingham Hill my hip...
View ArticleOn flexibility and how NOT to train for an ultra…
Where have I been? Man, I don’t even know. The last month has been a ridiculous rollercoaster of travel, interviews, family crises, family not-so-crises (wedding. birthday, mother’s day), house...
View ArticleAnd it’s on!
Welp, looks like I made my first lottery entry! I will be lining up with 200 other runners for the McKenzie River 50k in Oregon in September. Woot! I am definitely taking a pass on Bighorn this year,...
View ArticleAnd now, from Portland…
I’ve been out of commission lately due to foot and bike injuries (not to mention my MOVE TO PORTLAND!!). Matt and I are here now, and in spite of our small, slightly stinky apartment we are happy. My...
View ArticleWhen life happens…
…this blog doesn’t. Things have been going well around casa de Jawsome. The stinky carpet still stinks, but I’m getting used to it. Okay that’s a lie – I cannot wait to move out of this apartment....
View ArticleMojo, where did you go? There you are…
…right here in my blog! Hey everyone, how’s it shaking? I can’t believe I’ve been running for three years now. Holy cow. Not a lot to show for it in terms of time improvements, but man have I had some...
View ArticleHagg Lake 25k Race Report
The website is "haggmud.com." That should tell you something right away. It was a dark and stormy morning… Actually, for Portland it wasn’t that bad. Matt and I headed out to Henry Hagg lake to run 16...
View ArticleNothing says optimism like an empty spreadsheet
Does anyone else like making training plans or am I just weird? Don’t answer that. After the race this weekend, I’m pumped for 30 on my 30th. I’ve been working messing around with my training plan all...
View ArticleWeek 1 for 30 on my 30th complete!
Week One was a success (nevermind the fact that 3 of the 7 days were rest days recovering from Hagg Lake…) It feels good to be running regularly again, to have a training plan, and a cool goal. For...
View ArticleSo yeah
You know how I said before that I really like training plans? Well, that’s still true. What also appears to be true is that after my first marathon I seem completely incapable of actually following...
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