LAX – Random Wednesday Travel Facts

April 25, 2012

Back to Texas we go, leaving once again from LAX.  Since we spend a lot of time traveling to and from Texas, I spend a lot of time in airports, trains, buses and cars.  The majority of my travel time is spent getting to and from LAX, and then waiting at LAX for my flight. […]

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The Art of Pacing – The Other Side

April 24, 2012

Last week, in The Art of Pacing, I discussed how to be a good pacer.  Today, I will cover what it takes to be a good “pacee” – or the runner being paced.  Everyone wants the perfect pacer, but few runners realize that it is often up to them to set the tone for the […]

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The New, the Odd, and the Interesting

April 23, 2012

Monday morning, and after having guests in for the weekend, and trying to leave town on Wednesday, I am a little more scattered than usual.  So, rather than trying to fight it, I decided to post about what was going through my head while I waited for my alarm to go off (Lucky you!  If […]

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Why I Run, (part 2)

April 20, 2012

  (Continued from yesterday)   What the hell was I thinking?  It is 1:30 in the morning, and I am running.  I have covered over 90 miles on foot.  Every bone in my body aches as if I am being crushed between two sheets of steel.  My spine feels like a rod of rebar is […]

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Why I Run

April 19, 2012

I wanted to be on a U.S. National running team.  The only problem was I was an almost-40 year old stay-at-home mom who ate lunch and played tennis.  I hadn’t even run in college, other than a casual 10k where a running coach told me I “was better than [he] thought,” (is that even a […]

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Ultra Tip #24 – The Art of Pacing

April 18, 2012

Many longer ultras (usually 100 miles +) allow a runner to have pacer in the later miles of a race. This can be a wonderful gift, or a truly big pain in the backside, depending on how well the runner and pacer work together.  While a pacer’s basic duty is to keep the runner safe […]

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