Recaps of the races I’ve run. The good, the bad, the unexpected. All will be recapped.
Race Reviews. Race Recaps. Marathon Recaps. Half Marathon Recaps. Trail Race Recaps. Ultramarathon Recaps. Event Recaps.
Pre-Race Thoughts Santa Cruz will be my first race since the American River 50, which was in April, but which seems like a million years ago. I feel vaguely nervous about this race, but I can’t put my finger on […]
Fair warning: this race was huge for me and I have thoughts. This recap is slightly epic… settle in… I’ve retold this story several times, but I’ll recap it here (again). Running a 50-mile race was never something I’d considered […]
Oakland Marathon: Pre-Race Thoughts At the end of last year’s Oakland Marathon, I said it was kinda bittersweet because it was likely my last Oakland Marathon. They had done several things in the weeks before the race (and on race […]
In what has become a New Year’s tradition of sorts, I again decided to do the (almost) back-to-back New Year’s half marathons this year. Put on by my favorite trail running company in the Bay Area (Brazen Racing), there is a […]
As 2018 winds down, I can’t help but look back at the year that was. Overall, I’m happy with my 2018 year in running. I did a few new races and a few old favorites. Had a few pacing gigs, and […]
Pre-Race Thoughts Goal Generally speaking, the bigger the race, the less likely I am to set specific goals. I know that seems backward. It probably makes more sense to get super specific for ‘A’ races since they are the focus of […]
Pre-Race Thoughts I’m not sure why I thought running Rocky Ridge was a good idea. It and Drag-n-Fly (which I did two weeks ago) are the two hardest half marathons around. I’m all for a challenge, but two impossibly hard half […]
Pre-Race Thoughts I hadn’t planned on doing the Alameda Half Marathon. I did the Drag-n-Fly Trail Half the day before, and while I had back-to-back long runs planned (thanks ultra training!) Back-to-back races seemed like a bit much. But I got […]
Ahhhh, Drag-n-Fly. My one-time trail running nemesis. Now, just a crazy trail run I voluntarily inflict on myself. I’ve written about Drag-n-Fly several times before so I won’t go into too much detail. The short version: Drag-n-Fly was one of […]
Prerace Thoughts I’ll be a pacer for the 4:53 pace group at the Santa Rosa Marathon (Santa Rosa has many runners aiming for Boston qualifying times, so the pace groups are designed around those times). But ‘4:53’ doesn’t exactly roll off […]
