I’m doing this race again less as an endurance competition, more as an opportunity to revisit and revere this region up close, and ultimately do what I can to help protect it.
Tag Archives | ultrarunning
How to Get Started and Get Past What Holds You Back
Why I’m thinking about parties, ropes and chainsaws—and what they have to do with procrastination, running, parenting and aging.
Why I Raced a Road Marathon Even Though I Didn’t Like It
The farther away I got from road marathoning and that PR set in 2009, the more intimidating and daunting it felt to try it again.
What Makes a Long Run Suck, and Why You Get It Done Anyway
I made a mental list of circumstances that make a long training run extra challenging. What happens when all these things conspire on the same run? Let me tell you.
Today I’m Gonna Run Like It’s 1999
A flashback sparks excitement for training and racing 20 years later. Here’s my lineup for 2019.
The Week I Started Running Again, and It Meant the World
To breathe deeply, to see the horizon clearly, to talk to old friends, to move your legs up and down a mountain—how marvelous and precious this life on earth is, the more imperiled it becomes.
My 2018 List of Good Stuff for Trail Runners (aka Gift Guide)
No, our dog is not part of this gear/gift guide, but something in that photo is! This time of year, I like to share recommendations for worthwhile running- and outdoor-related stuff I discovered over the past 12 months.
I Don’t Love Running Right Now, And That’s OK
I wanna run and feel like I did in that photo from 2015. I can’t recall a time I felt this degree of ambivalence about running, which is supposed to be my passion. Perhaps I’m fitting the profile of burnout, but burnout usually follows overtraining, and since September I’ve been undertraining.
Ten Years Ago, I Did a One-Eighty. I’m Ready to Change Again.
Because I face the move back to California and some big decisions about our home, I am mulling, “What next? What will I do after I turn 50?” To plan ahead, first I look back and reflect. I reminisce about life one decade ago…
My Ouray 100K: A Case Study Of An Ultrarunning Blowup
As soon as I saw Morgan and Clare, I said wild-eyed, “I may blow up, but those were the best 27 miles of my life.”