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RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
| February 16, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I won’t bore you with another recap of the Oroville Dam spillway fiasco except to say that I, like most people in the area, were aware of the issues and were keeping close tabs on the information. For days we were being told that everything was just dandy, and even as many things turned out to […] more
Evacuated
| February 12, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
For those of you that know that I live in Yuba City and have been watching the news, my family and I and most of the animals are in the process of evacuating. Only the bird is staying. This evacuation order literally came out of the blue as if it wasn’t for the danger of […] more
My annual February post
| February 9, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The world is AWFUL and I’m never doing anything again because the world/weather/darkness is going to be here FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER and what was I thinking calling myself a runner, and all the horses should obviously be sold because they are never going to be ridden again…… …So begins the self-wallowing pit of misery […] more
Postcard from Mare Camp
| January 13, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Meanwhile…..The weather has been AWFUL down in the valley for me and trail time has been hard to come by. I felt like I was going into literal withdrawals without the trail time. Cranky, b*tchy, manic, depressed, annoyed and contemplating murder for the smallest of (perceived) infractions. I was so grateful I squeezed in […] more
Giveaway & survey results & Link Luv
| January 5, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Congratulations to SailingSuz! You are the winner of the Training Journal Giveaway! (I sent you an email – I need some information so I can mail it to you). How the winner was chosen for complete and utter transparency: Yesterday I made a list on a piece of paper of all the email subscribers […] more
Training Journal Giveaway
| December 15, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
On January 4 I’m going to send one of my email subscribers a new copy of the training journal that I used last year. I want to do some fun new things here on the blog in 2017. Newsletters, giveaways, and some other projects. Doing a giveaway on my birthday is hopefully just the start […] more
Lottery Luck
| December 3, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Rumor has it that if you wear your belt buckle on the Friday before the big lottery it brings you a little luck. By TODAY at 11:30am we’ll know whether I beat the odds and got into Western States with a record number of entries, or if I get to share my back up plan […] more

