A day after having a not-so-great trail run I had tears for another reason – I reached 90% of my fundraising goal for the American Cancer Society which meant I get to wear my new running singlet! And then on Wednesday morning, I reached 100% of my goal and unlike Monday’s tears, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s tears were…
Category: Trail Running
to the bat cave
While hiking up Mt. Wilson was certainly a highlight in training, I’ve had a couple of pretty nice trail adventures since then.
a change of race
Sunday morning couldn’t have started better. Waking up early before my alarm was to go off, I had plenty of time to eat, get ready, and get out to the trails before meeting up with the group training run for the Griffith Park Trail Half Marathon. Cloud cover made the morning unusually darker than usual…
the day I ran out of gas on a mountain
All of last week leading up to the weekend, I was so excited about my Saturday morning trail run. Because I didn’t run this trail before with the UltraLadies, it just made the anticipation that much greater. A new trail I haven’t run yet! Oooh nice! Plus, considering how much my total running lagged last…
the day I met my tree
In May, I made it a goal to run 100 miles that month. I felt it was an attainable goal and in fact, I did achieve it. Yay me! I decided to make it the same goal for June. But as I was adding up my miles in my training log, I found more holes…
bulldog course preview
This morning I got my first little taste of the Bulldog Trail Run course. Much to my surprise when I arrived around 6:30am, it was raining! Rain in August?! Who would’ve thunkit? It was a light rain and cooled the morning down but I’m sure come race day, the weather conditions will be very different. I…
first long trail run
Whoa! I seriously can’t believe we’re in the middle of July already. I honestly don’t know where June went, but wherever it went, I sure hope it had a good time. I guess my goal of writing more didn’t quite happen. Whups. I’ll work on that.