I had my first experience of a shooting competition this weekend, a different athletic event than my usual running and triathlon. I’m very impressed with the caliber/skills, and the diversity in age of the women in this event. This annual event, Women’s Clay Extravaganza, is organized by A Girl and A Gun, a women’s shooting
“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” ― John Bingham My friend participated at Bigfoot 200, a footrace that takes one through beautiful forests, majestic mountains, and dangerous lava fields and volcanoes, in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). I have written this report from the viewpoint of
Tahoe Rim Trail 100 miler is a footrace that takes runners around Lake Tahoe and the ski mountains in the area. This race advertises that the course will give you a glimpse of heaven, and a taste of hell. They were not kidding when they say this. The course wraps around parts of Lake Tahoe
Last Saturday, June 26th, I ran the Capt’n Karl 30k in Pedernales Falls. The park is located about 50 miles west of Austin, TX. We started our race at about 6:30 pm. In TX during these summer days, the weather was 93F at night, at least for a couple of hours during our race, till
Texas Trail Running Festival was held on June 4-6, in Krause Springs (a private property open to the public), in Spicewood, TX. This was a fun race, with live music from a band at the start/finish line area. The course is ~6.7 mile loop (modified for the 5k/10k) and had distances from 5k to a
