The first weekend of December was another no-climbing weekend (it rained, anyways). Usually, no-climbing weekends are “rest” weekends. This was not particularly the case, because we are not quite ridiculous enough yet to find running considerable distances on hilly, muddy trails relaxing. It was, however, incredibly awesome. Luke and Julie ran 50k (~31 miles), I [...]
Alright folks, if you really come here to read only about climbing, you’ll have to wait a little longer (we’re definitely going on a New Year’s trip, so you have that to look forward to). December is a busy, cold, and rainy month, which in many ways makes it better suited to other outdoor activities, [...]
The Nike Women’s (Full and Half) Marathon (NWM) is an event full of stories. It’s a major event for Team in Training and many people run or walk the event for a loved one. Lots of ladies ran/walked together, and there was tons of support and good energy. I knew that I would come out [...]
If I’ve learned anything from my 8+ year affair with climbing, it is that I am not always perma-psyched on climbing, especially now that I have the freedom to climb practically every weekend if I really want to (when a climbing weekend was a rare treat, back in high school, it was much easier to [...]
I have been feeling recently that words and stills couldn’t quite adequately describe the experience of doing a triathlon, so for the Luna Bar Triathlon this past weekend, I decided to make a video! This was my longest triathlon yet: 0.5mi swim, 20mi cycle, 4mi run. I finished in 2:03:51, for 4th place in my [...]
It all started with an injury. When my body breaks down, I have to adapt. I need to push myself; I am always trying to figure out what I can achieve. Back in March, I dislocated my shoulder at the beginning of a week-long road trip. Getting hurt on the third climb of the trip [...]
You may remember that it was not that long ago when I blogged about my first triathlon, the Silicon Valley Sprint Triathlon on June 12th. Well, it was so awesome that I decided to do some more! I knew right away that I wanted to return to the Luna Bar Women’s Triathlon Festival, where I [...]
Back in August 2009 I did something new. It was the Luna Bar Duathlon, part of the Luna Bar Women’s Triathlon Festival. A duathlon is like a triathlon (swim, bike, run), except you run the first leg (run, bike, run). I hadn’t wanted to do the triathlon because I didn’t have consistent access to a [...]
Last weekend, Luke and I ran the Malibu Creek 22k. This was my 2nd trail race ever, my 1st race of this length (half marathon plus a little extra), and my substitute birthday challenge, since my fitness was nowhere near what it needed to be to climb 21 routes in a day at Indian Creek. [...]
Things have seemed so busy recently… I think I may not have written anything on the blog since just after Indian Creek, which is probably a month ago at this point. I will hopefully have time to catch up on my backlog of activities, but here are the highlights: I went to Hawaii with other [...]
Am I a runner? Could I ever be a runner? What makes you a runner? I took part in high school cross country and stayed fit playing ultimate frisbee in college but never thought to run just for the sake of running. Running fast or running far takes a lot of effort and putting in [...]
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