Pikes Peak Ascent 2011

August 24, 2011

Your biggest challenge isn’t someone else. It’s the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells ‘CAN’T’. But you don’t listen, you just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper ‘can’, and you discover that the person you thought you were is no match [...]

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Epic Relay – Rocky Mountain style

August 2, 2011

I was runner #12 for team Get off My Pass in the Rocky Mountain Epic Relay last weekend: 2 vans, 12 runners and 200 miles of Rocky Mountain running. Having signed up for this event almost a year ago, I kept putting it in the back of my mind as I spent most weekends this [...]

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Barr Trail Mountain Race 2011

July 24, 2011

I ran my second Barr Trail Mountain Race last weekend.  I don’t have anything dramatic or spectacular to report.  I ran the course in about the same time that I’ve been running the last few training runs on the mountain.  The heat was pretty intense and I didn’t push the downhill segment but I completed [...]

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Seattle 2011

July 6, 2011

We’re back from our annual Seattle trip.  It was another great year – family fun, urban living, good eats, pacific beach, crescent lake… sea level running!  I decided not to run the Seattle Rock n’ Roll half marathon this year.  I ran the race in 2009 and 2010 but after spending the first part of [...]

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more tales from the trail (and some new tunes)

June 18, 2011

  I just completed 3 more trips up Barr Trail since my last post.  My 4th trip this year.   So far it’s looking something like this: Trip 1:  39:33 (Top of the Ws)    -    1:02:54 (no name creek)          —na—  (Barr Camp) Trip 2:  37:50 (Top of the Ws) [...]

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Back on Barr Trail

May 29, 2011

It’s been a frustrating couple of months with illness (stubborn sinus infection) following injury and me trying to stay patient and positive.   Waking up today, I felt somewhat better and decided to go on the first Barr Trail run of the season this morning.  I figured I’d take it as easy as I needed to [...]

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Mods Mother’s Day

May 9, 2011

Mother’s Day in Boulder on a summer-like day…Title 9K (6.1 miles around the Boulder Reservoir) with my babies and a backyard picnic catered by Illegal Pete’s at a good friend’s home.   It was perfect.  I enjoyed running with my daughter and her friends.  My younger son also ran the 9.9K course – but he [...]

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another update and some tunes

April 14, 2011

The Colorado Marathon is in just two weeks and being 100% at peace with my decision to bow out this year, I am so excited for my fellow runners (the beans) who have trained with such dedication and resolve.  I am really so proud of them.  And while they are enjoying their taper, I am [...]

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the last couple of weeks

April 3, 2011

    Mark and me, our kiddos took a relaxing, fun vacation in San Diego.  The weather could’ve been a little better but we took advantage of the sunny moments and hit the beach whenever we could.     We roamed La Jolla Cove, watched the seals swim to the beach for their naps, shopped, [...]

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long road

March 13, 2011

Last week I was given the okay by the (active release technique) ART doctor to start running… slowly and short distances but running nonetheless.    After the last month-and-a half of cautionary advice against all running, this was pretty damn good news! So I left the doctor’s office with a happy, positive attitude.  Somewhere in [...]

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