The rustling in the leaves and snapping of small twigs were sounds now unfamiliar to me. They could’ve been from a deer, or Sparrow, or a squirrel making its way through the brush. It was a crisp Saturday morning in February and the day marked 16 months since I set foot on any trail. While…
Category: Trail Running
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…
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…
Hello Darkness, My New-ish Friend
A few weeks ago, when my friend Melody and I got together for a trail run, it was dark and we weren’t thoroughly prepared for it. Two weeks ago, we met up at a slightly earlier time and were better prepared for darkness. That is, after I dug my headlamp out of my drawer it still…
Bye September. Hello October.
I actually began writing this post half way through the month of September and was going to say how I couldn’t believe we were already half way through the month and lookie here, the month is already over! So I guess I should say instead, I can’t believe September is already over. Someone told me…
Letting Go
It’s currently Saturday afternoon when I’m writing this and in this moment, my body is feeling tired and my throat feels funky. It’s not a full-on sore throat, but it feels like there is a slight pressure. I’ve had this feeling before earlier in the summer, and was able to finagle my way out of…
Off The Grid: And On The Trails Again
The June Gloom has settled nicely here in SoCal. It’s this kind of weather I enjoy, and at the same time, I don’t. The morning is foggy and filled with cloudy, overcast skies, but later it tends to burn off, leaving an aura of glary haziness. The temperature itself starts out cool, but that humidity hovers, until…
Turning A Corner
Umm, November? Where did you go? I guess ’tis the season when time speeds up at warp speed and my head is left spinning not knowing where the days have gone. Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we’re smack dab into the holidays with New Years Day right around the corner, concluding one of the most intensely…