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Rio 100m 2019 aka “Report from Back-of-the-pack”
| November 5, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The day before Rio was a crappy stressful day in a long line of crappy stressful days that week (at one point tried to stick my lunch in the freezer to heat it up instead of the microwave, so yes, exactly that sort of week). After a bunch of ~~stressful crap that would tedious and […] more
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
Book Release – Go Ride Far
| September 30, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
In July I started this little project that I thought would take a month. It’s been THREE MONTHS. It sounds easy. Take some of my best posts, organize around a theme, edit them into some semblance of correctness, and publish! How hard can it possibly be? There are 1660+ posts on this blog. I needed […] more
Putting Together the Team
| September 9, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s really hard to ask for help. I try to avoid it at all costs. Let’s talk about the Rio 100 mile race. The first year I had a crew person and multiple pacers. I finished!…..and I drove myself home. (Bad Mel!) The second year I had a crew person and no pacers. I did […] more
Are your safety chains the right length?
| August 30, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Fun fact about my boat trailer. The click-y thing on top of the hitch that locks the collar around the ball on my hitch can be down, pinned, and the mechanism inside the hitch can still be partially open. Which I discovered while traveling at 55 mph downhill yesterday. After sitting on the side of the […] more
