Monthly Archives: October 2019
Nailed it, Failed it Yuba Gold Edition
| October 9, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Nailed it failed it…but without the cakes or Nicole. Let’s do my favorite post-event analysis. Choose the three best and worst things so that (theoretically) lessons are learned and stupidity is not repeated. Nailed it Electrolytes …I think? Basically I took as many as I felt like I needed, as often as I thought I […] more
So you wanna run an ultra?
| October 7, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Except the people this post is directed to (who probably don’t even read this blog) don’t actually want to run an ultra. They just want to discuss how it can’t be that hard because at the paces most of the back-third of the pack is posting, we are just “walking.” Oh don’t worry. It’s not […] more
“Lost AF in the forest” aka Yuba Gold 50k
| October 6, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Seven runners get into a shuttle van to get to a race start. How do you tell whether they are road or trail runners? Answer: Unwrap a McMuffin. I went from being embarrassed that yours truly was going to chow down on a McMuffin 45 minutes before race start, to thinking I was going to […] more
