This is it! I’ve come down to the last couple of days before I toe the line at my first 100 mile race – Javelina Jundred! I think back to a few years ago when I told my friend Tracy that going 100 miles is something I have absolutely no aspirations of ever doing. Never. Nope. Not…
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Javelina Jundred: What I’ve Learned So Far
I can’t believe I’m only a few short days away from undertaking my first 100 mile race! What began as a 15 month journey, has whittled down to a matter of hours. Eek!!! When I signed up to do Javelina Jundred on the morning of January 1, 2016, after deciding to do it back in July 2015,…
Javelina Jundred: Running On Tired
We’re a few days into October and this means it’s officially race month! In 6 days I have the Chicago Marathon and in 26 days, Javelina Jundred. Yes, the time has arrived where the fruits of my training for the past 10 months will be realized. I know I’ve trained all year for this month and I…
Javelina Jundred: Into the Dark Unknown
Never in any of the marathons I’ve done, have I had to run in the dark. Although my times have been pretty slow, so I’m surprised it never came to that. However, there is no escaping running in the dark during Javelina Jundred so I better prepare for it.
Training: Back At It
It is officially fall season! Can you feel the cool crispness in the air? Yeah, me neither. It’s still quite warm and humid here in La La Land. If there is something I feel prevailing during the past several months of training is I think I’ve come very close to injury without anything completely knocking me…
Too Early to Hit the Panic Button
It took a few days for me to run again after the weekend – 3 days to be exact. I finished off last week with my highest mileage ever in my life! Yeah, somehow I managed to run/walk/hike/cry my way through 70 miles and it’s the most I’ve ever completed without the use of a car….
Javelina Jundred: On the Backbone Trail
I wanted to write about my training adventure on the Backbone Trail while it was still very fresh in my mind, but I realized if I immediately wrote about it, there’d be a whole lot more “F Bombs” dropped in the post. Best to take a day, or four, to reflect about the experience.
On The Trails: One More Step
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…