9 Kid’s Books About Running
Awhile back, I was pacing a race (remember those? You’d get together and run with other people at the same time! What a concept!) and got talking to one of my runners who was the mom of two kids. She […]
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Making The Most Of Your Virtual Race
When I first wrote about virtual races a few years ago, they were still fairly obscure. I’d done a few virtual races with niche fandom running clubs for Harry Potter and Dr. Who. A few of the major running series […]
The Big List Of Running Journal Prompts
This is an odd time for us runners. Races are cancelled. Group runs are off. Many of us have drastically cut down (if not entirely cut out) our running. But even if we are temporarily sidelined from running, we are […]
Why You Should Focus On Process Based Running Goals
While running a race last year, I realized I enjoy training for races more than I like actually running them. Races give me a structure and a focus to my running, but race days are filled with high expectations, crowds, […]
Everything You Need To Thrive In Self-Isolation You Learned From Running A Marathon
I’m far from the first person to compare our current shelter in place/quarantine/self-isolation situation to running a marathon. Some politician referring to dealing with coronavirus as ‘a marathon and not a sprint’ should be an important square on any pandemic […]
The 2020 Oakland Marathon: A Recap of the Marathon That Wasn’t
I was supposed to be the leader of the 4:40 pace group at the Oakland Marathon on March 22. Then, I was supposed to write a recap of that race in this blog post. So many ‘supposedas’ aren’t happening the […]
Dealing with Race Cancellation Disappointment
Endurance running is never easy. Training for and running a marathon will always be a challenge. While mass race cancellations weren’t the challenge any of us were expecting, it is the challenge we now face. While I finished my main […]
Why You Should Follow a Training Plan – Even If You Aren’t Training For a Race
Some runners don’t like to follow a training plan. They love nothing more than to head out the door and run however long they feel like. Or they bristle against being told what they ‘should do’ even if it is […]
Salmon Falls 50k Race Recap
Salmon Falls 50k is a race I’d never even heard of this time last year. Then several other runners (one a fellow race volunteer at a race, and another runner I was talking to at Skyline to the Sea last […]
Salmon Falls 50k Training Recap: Week 17 and Wrap-Up
Special Note: The Salmon Falls 50k is in part a fundraiser to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). A portion of my race entry fee was a donation to the JDRF. I have also set up a fundraising page. […]
