Western States 100 Training Weekend on the Angeles Crest Trail

April 9, 2012

With Western States 100 less than 3 months away, it is time to get serious about my trail training.  So, with that in mind, I spent the weekend running through the San Gabriel Mountains and doing sections of the Angeles Crest Trail.  It was so much fun – the weather was perfect, I wasn’t rushed, […]

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Get Inspired!

April 6, 2012

If you’ve been reading awhile, you know I love, love, love watching or reading about people doing cool things.  My “stalking” lists were full of people who seem to really tackle challenges head on and inspire the rest of us to reach higher. Two cool women have recently taken on very different challenges that have […]

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Go For It!

April 5, 2012

    We all have so many things we want to accomplish in life – be a better parent, child, friend; be better runner; start or expand a business; get a raise or promotion; leave our corner of the world just a little better.   When we look at the end goal, it can really […]

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One Conversation

April 4, 2012

A loved one has cancer. It’s been 5 days and 16 hours since she told me, but I can’t make sense of it.  I can’t understand. I sit down. I stand up. What am I doing?  I sit again. How can this be? I walk around the room.   I get distracted by something on […]

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Bucket List

April 3, 2012

So I took my own advice from yesterday (rare, since I usually dish out advice that I don’t always take 🙂 ), and got busy.  I did 3 runs – 8 miles on the TM at 5:00 am; 8 miles on trails with speed at the end at noon; and 4 miles easy on roads […]

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Spring Break Rebound

April 2, 2012

Spring Break is over and it’s time to get back to work!  My kids are starting their Spring Quarter in school, which means we are on a new schedule, and trying to adjust.  Every 12 weeks, their class schedule changes, and we have to work out a new routine. For me, it works best to […]

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