Yearly Archives: 2014
August 12 Pony Play
| August 13, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It was pointed out that I have been lax in posting Merrylegs pictures. Mostly because my photo opportunities look like this: Tonight I went out to the stable and made a point of taking along the camera. Only to turn it on and find out that somehow the photo card had gotten “write protected”. Major […] more
Of Goals, Flexibility, and the future
| August 10, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
At the beginning of every month we discuss what happened in the previous month – miles ran, hours ridden, events finished. I call these “IRL” posts and they are designed to give people who stumble across this post a real time look at actual amount of conditioning I do in order to ride (or run!) […] more
SF 50mi ultra Q & A
| August 6, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report |
Some of these are real questions, some are questions I *wanted* to answer. if I missed something leave a question in the comments. Did your toenails fall off? Nope. Not even sore, not even discolored. I’ve never had a toenail tragedy and part of me feels like I’m missing out on a quintessential part of […] more
SF 50 Ultra Comic
| August 5, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report |
I did it! I ran a not-so-easy fifty mile ultramarathon and finished! Fortunately for *me* ( and rather unfortunately for the blog…) I had a good running day that happen to coincide with race day. I find in these longer races that unless things went very very wrong, nobody cares about a play by play […] more
July IRL 2014
| August 4, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I know, this isn’t the post you wanted to see. You want to see MEL’S FIRST 50 MILE ULTRAMARATHON story. Well. I have sad news for you. Because the timeline of my ultra looked approximately like this…. …it’s going to take me a couple more days to put it together. *Cue impatient sobbing and whining* […] more
I’m doing *what* on Saturday??????
| July 31, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report |
I’m not at all sure this is a good idea. Most of the time whenever I’m going to do something wild and adventurous, I’m a little scared, a little trepidacious – but underneath it all is a conviction that I really can do this if I just keep my head down and keep bull dozing […] more
Pre fatigued run success
| July 30, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
As you may have guessed from the volume of posts, I’m really stressed. I’m on call (first shift tomorrow) in a section of the hospital I’ve never been in (the equine barn) by virtue of my decision to take large animal ultrasound. I’m not reassured by my classmates’ look of concern when I tell them […] more
