It’s August, and still no big races to be had for the foreseeable future. There are two ways a stir-crazy endurance athlete like me can handle the situation: (#1) drown my sorrows with chocolate, (#2) take on another 31-day streak of at least one mile per day. Since they're not mutually exclusive, I’m doing both. …
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Something New, Something Old, Something Trail, Something Road
I had a classic yin-yang run yesterday. We went to our campground up north this weekend, and I brought everything needed for my regular Saturday long run. Shirts, shorts, socks, hat, handheld water bottle, gear belt, all that stuff. Except my road shoes. As I am not a barefoot runner, this was a problem. Fortunately, …
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Run 31! That Was Fun, But I’m Done
I don’t know about you all, but I know what I’m doing tomorrow. Resting. Yesterday I successfully completed the “Head Goat 50K” challenge set by the imaginative folks at RF Events. All one had to do was run at least one mile each of the 31 days in May, and thus accumulate 31 miles, which …
Mt. Hood? Nope! Neighborhood. The Adventures of a Stay-At-Home Runner
THE BAD NEWS I SUSPECTED WAS COMING arrived a few days ago. The Mt. Hood 50, the other UTMB qualifying race I’d signed up for, has been cancelled. It’s a July race, so I was holding out hope. But Oregon has extended its group restrictions through September, so that was that. It’s not such a …
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