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Olympic Marathon Trials
It’s hard not to start this blog with a list of frustrations or excuses about Saturday, but this would completely overlook how far I’ve come in the past three years as a runner and a person. My goal in...
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What Makes me Cry...
Apparently both alien babies and computer-generated chimps make me cry. I know, not the most riveting or real, but seriously I was a mess during District 9 and Planet of the Apes. Something about kids,...
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Golden Gate 50k
Sometimes I forget. I forget that 31miles (or in the case of Saturday, 31.8) is a long ass way. I forget that my feet will be sore. And I fail to recall that sensation of replacing my muddy Salomon's...
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Coca Cola and Way too Cool 50k
I believe Coca Cola is the absolute best thing ever as it basically saved my ass at Way Too Cool. I would still be sitting at the top of Goat Hill, mile 26.3, even a week later (ok maybe not a week,...
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Brazen Racing Lagoon Valley 1/2
I have never spent more than a few minutes in Vacaville, California. To be honest, I never envisioned it as the place for an epic adventure. But, Saturday proved me wrong. Before the race, the rain...
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Avenue of the Giants
Once we arrived at our motel and changed into sneakers, Kate and I headed two miles up the road to the Drive Thru Tree in Leggett, CA. The owner of the Stonegate Villas had warned us of the steep climb...
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Bayshore Marathon
Saturday was a learning experience, Bayshore was my sixth marathon, the first marathon where the last five miles felt like eons. The first marathon where I cursed under my breath and out loud, walked,...
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Steep Climbs
I’ve had three races since my last blog entry, but I have had a heck of a time writing anything. I’ll partly blame life as I started teaching at a sports rehab place in downtown Oakland (as well as...
View ArticleTrust Your Hips
Just recently I received an email from a woman who has recovered from a hip stress fracture, but said she doesn’t trust her hips like she once did. I have been teaching a woman in the same boat who has...
View ArticleNational Geographic Video
Right before the Olympic Marathon Trials my brother came to San Francisco to do this video about me and my passion for running. It's finally up for viewing!Thanks Bryan and thanks National Geographic.
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Sometimes it's just about getting to the finish...
Sometimes you just know how races will go, particularly when airing on the side of not so well. Somehow I still hope that some miraculous legs with arrive as soon as I start these races. Unfortunately...
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TNF 50 Miler Take Two
Today, after my second 50 miler, I woke-up surprisingly early with stiff heels and a sore right arm (damn water bottle). Otherwise, I felt pretty darn good, physically at least. Mentally, I had a bit...
View ArticleA Work In Progress
I had a bad day today. Absolutely frustrating when I had two of my best workouts recently, a ½ Marathon tempo at 6:12 pace two weeks ago and then a 10-mile tempo last week at 6:04 pace. You can plan...
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Joy
Just a few days ago Sam and I were out running on Skyline Blvd in Oakland. A car came quickly around the corner and not expecting us, it swerved into the other lane. I heard a bunch of cursing from...
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Run Free
In April I was in Utah with the US Salomon team for a quick weekend of meetings, runs, and a chance to get to know one another. The motto for 2013 was "Run Free." Ashely Arnold, fellow Salomon teammate...
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Experiment of One
Running should make you happy. It should add to your life. But we have all been in situations where we’re disappointed, stressed, and overwhelmed by running. When I started running, it was my escape...
View ArticleOff to Run a Mountain
Back in 2008 I decided to face some of my fears. First being my anxiety about racing. I entered ten 20K trail races. Second being afraid of heights, I spent a good amount of time rock climbing. Lastly...
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Note to self: eat more steak
It’s been a whirlwind over the past few weeks. I fell in love with the UP, got a fair share of technical trail running in, and may have found the culprit to my leg issue. I ran the US Mountain Running...
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Feed the Beast
It’s been four years since I last participated at Transrockies. That was 2010, the year I had to drop after two stages because of pain in my hip, which I later discovered was a stress fracture. That...
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Moving with my Heart
It’s funny how we don’t remember how hard something is until we’re in that exact moment of repeating it. Like the first 5-10 minutes of every race I tend to curse to myself. Yet as soon as I cross the...
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Be Creative Folks
Part of the reason I run is the conversation, the creativity. I have learned the hard way that you can run the fun out and find nothing more to say. Or you can change up the route, the workout, the...
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Tamalpa Headlands US 50k Trail Championships
“Take care of your body it’s the only place to live.” – Jim RohnThings in life and running are hardly ever linear. If they were they would be boring, but predictable. There have been many times over...
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World 50K Championships
I learned a lot on Friday. At first I kept thinking only if I hadn’t stopped at the aide station so frequently, only if I would have ate more, slept more, stayed focused more, only if... then my race...
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Thank you, Mom
It’s been a week with two births. As a doula I have seen a wide range of labor experiences. I see differences in empathy. I have seen the mental overcoming the clinical, doubtful, and even the...
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Extension
There is something simple and yet profound about life and movement. Having witnessed several births I see the very thing we need to do to be born. We need to extend and stretch. After spending 9 months...
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