Getting Back Out There
Once in my early twenties, I went for a horseback ride. A group of my friends decided to go and when I told my mom, she asked if she could come. We got to the stables, saddled up, climbed aboard and set off for a lovely, evening trail ride. Then, about halfway through our ride, we decided to run the horses a bit. My horse stumbled on a large rock and I went face first into the ground. NOTE TO SELF: BREAK FALL WITH HANDS NOT FACE!... More
When Reality Changes Your Relationship with Running
In 2012 and part of 2013, running was my life. Every weekend I was out somewhere, running something. I was working on trying to build a career post college. I was really excited for the future. I was the inspiration and the role model. I was getting faster every day (Even though I am still uncomfortable with it) And then real life ... More
Running With Injuries
We are now 75 days away from the San Francisco Marathon. How are you all doing? Are your legs feeling stronger? Are those long runs getting easier? Or has your body fallen apart? Are you struggling with some minor aches and pains? A pulled muscle? Or something worse? The only time I made the trip to San Francisco for this wonderful race ... More
Bright Lights, Big Data
Armed with an arsenal of old running shoes in my backpack, I checked in at the UCSF RunSafe Clinic a few months ago to undergo a comprehensive assessment of my running form. I brought the shoes so that one of the Clinic experts could take a look at the wear and tear on the soles of the shoes as part of the assessment. It was the wear and ... More
How I Started Running 14 Years Ago
You know if someone had come to me 14 years ago and asked if I ever would become a runner, I would have laughed right in his/her face. Me? Then, I was a mother of 2 grade-school children, I barely had time to take care of myself. Being a full time mom, I was the chauffeur, I was the cook, I was the cleaner, you name it, I was wearing all hats ... More
Practice Your Course
When training for a road race, you need to practice on the road. Don't do all your training on the treadmill. You have to get out there and experience the pavement, the changes in level ground and elevation. Often we train on the same route or track, but in the event you may have to go up and down curbs, around corners, over dirt paths, concrete and asphalt. This can all effect your running form and if you haven't practiced on it, may cause your shoe to rub a different way and lead to blisters.... More
The Running Traveler: Embrace a New Place With Your Feet!
Beautiful views, trails, and lots of runners to share the road with: living in Colorado makes running a natural activity to take up. With all this beauty and open space, why would you want to run far from home? Yet, it’s only natural that after some time you stop ‘seeing’ your run. You gravitate to same routes, the same races, and as ... More
The Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon and Elevation Pacing
“It seemed like a matter of minutes when we began rolling in the foothills before Oakland and suddenly reached a height and saw stretched out ahead of us the fabulous white city of San Francisco on her eleven mystic hills with the blue Pacific and its advancing wall of potato-patch fog beyond, and smoke and goldenness in the late afternoon of time.” -- Jack Kerouac, On the Road... More
