This morning, I woke up with a heavy feeling all over me. My whole body hurts; I had been coughing and had the colds. I was freezing last night even though we had the space heater turned on all night in the room. I don’t think it is a fever or the flu (although I
This week, I incorporated strength and core training with my running (Pilates, Spin class and TRX, all 60 minutes each class). As a result, when I ran yesterday, my whole upper body was sore. I guess I have to train those other muscles to work harder again. I missed my training run for today (Sunday
Today, it is 3 months till that big race that I have to do again, because I failed to complete it last year. Yes, it is the American River 50 mile run. Â To other ultra runners, this is probably just another race for them. Â To me, this IS the race of the year. Â Â (Okay, to
This is my first half marathon PR under two hours! Â I finally made it to 1:59, after four years or so of trying! Â I was running an average 8:40 pace till mile 9, following two guys who appear to be triathletes (they were wearing some race shirt from a triathlon, not sure which one).
Today, I ran with Claudia, up PG&E and Black Mtn. This was my opportunity to practice downhill running, so I tried my best to run quickly but carefully going downhill. On the way down, after Black Mtn but before the bottom, 8 miles into a 13 mile run, I fell to the ground. I tripped on some
