Wow. What a fantastic day with my friend, Rachael. At the end of the day we sat in the car, still sweat-drenched, cold, and achy, gorging on wonderfully fatty pizza and quesadillas. We reflected how for both of us, this was our favorite ultra to date. And isn’t that awesome? The day started early –…
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Beat The Blerch Half Marathon Race Report
Read moreWe ran the inaugural Beat the Blerch last year and it was a blast. Honestly, I take all my races a wee bit too seriously, so it was a lovely change of pace to run one that’s primary focus really was just to have fun. I’m not really much for 5 or 10Ks, so this…
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Catching Up
Read moreIt’s been two weeks since my last post, oops. Where have I been? Just training and doing things as per usual. And there just hasn’t been anything terribly exciting to write about. We were supposed to hike Mount St. Helens two weekends ago, but for the third year in a row, we got stormed out.…
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Part of Section J – PCT
Read moreWe had absolutely perfect weather today! Started off cool, and ended up warm, but comfortable. We ran with my coach’s group, but after 8 miles, everyone else turned around and we kept going. Adam was feeling really good, so he went ahead of me and then turned around at 11 miles. I made it to about…
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Bigfoot 200 Aid Station – Council Bluff
Read moreThis weekend was an experience. I volunteered to co-captain an aid station for the inaugural Bigfoot 200. 200 miles…in one go. These racers are badasses! We left Seattle early afternoon and made it to Randle by the evening. We met up with some of our aid station volunteers at the headquarters to pick up gear. I’m…
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Back Into Training
Read moreWell, after a week and a half of coach-sanctioned rest, I’ve finally gotten back into training the last few weeks. What am I training for, you ask? Saturday, September 12 – Beat the Blerch Half Marathon We ran this race last year (inaugural) and it was a blast. Can’t wait to run it again! How…
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Why?
Read moreI met with my coach last week and we had a wonderful, honest discussion about my Mt. Hood race and how I felt afterward. She listened and also validated my feelings so I didn’t feel silly about it all. I still have plenty of self-reflection to do before I come up with anything definitive, but…
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Mt. Hood 50 Miler Race Report
Read moreThis race was a redemption run due to my DNF last year at mile 28 because of stomach issues. I was successful, which is great. It did not turn out to be the race I expected, that’s for sure. I find it interesting that each of these 50 milers tend to surprise me in different…
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Pre-Race Prep
Read moreStep 1 for me is washing my hydration pack (and race day clothes), as it’s usually pretty rank smelling from all the training. Then I’ve got a clean pack to start prepping for race day and my fellow racers won’t be leaning away from me wondering about the smell and if it’s healthy. Step 2…
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A Little Weekend Whisky
Read moreWhat better way to finish off a long weekend than with tasting a few whiskies? A certain someone wanted to help. This time Adam insisted we try them “blindly” without looking up the tasting notes ahead of time. We disagreed a bit with Master of Malt on our notes for the first one, but the…
