Category: Race Reports

Journey to Almost Auburn ( California )

Last Saturday (April 7th), I attempted to run my first ultramarathon, the American River 50 mile run.  I was excited to do it; from Thursday at work, then leading up to the event on Saturday, I felt ready (but not overly confident), that my training was adequate to get me to the start line.    However,



California Int’l Marathon – 12/4/11

Yesterday, I ran a marathon in Sacramento, with Claudia.  On race morning, I was kind of nervous that I wouldn’t find Claudia, but we easily found each other (thank goodness for cell phones).  On the bus to the start line, I met a 60 yr old man, who is now an inspiration to me.  Basically,



2011 NWM – half marathon 10.16.11

This year, we did NWM again with Team JeannieXOXO.  We had new team bibs, designed by my sissie, Raciel.  I’m also glad that both my sisters made it this year to run the Nike Women’s half marathon in San Francisco.  They loved it so much (including the hills!), they want to do it again next



Giant Race Half Marathon – 8/27/11

This is a half marathon run in San Francisco, and also my new PR time so far for a half marathon distance. Selecting this race:  I registered for this race, because my staff of 1 (from work) told me about it and she wanted to run the 5k of this race.  She just started running,



RNR San Diego Marathon – June 6th

The race was ok.  The new course had some pretty cool sceneries – the full ran through Petco Park, where the Padres play baseball.  We also ran by the Bay in downtown.  We also ran inside Balboa Park, and through the Pan-America Plaza with all the museums.  Then we ran in Fiesta Island, through the