Almost-Disaster Trailer Lesson
| January 8, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Trailer |
When I told my friend what had happened, her reply was “JFK. There it is, my worst nightmare.” That sums up the incident perfectly, except by sheer luck everything turned out just fine and we can all learn a lesson without a huge tragedy. This post is now available in “Go Ride Far.” “Go Ride […] more
Snow lessons from a Newbie
| January 7, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Ultra Running |
Living in the California Valley I don’t run in snow much. And by “much”, I mean never. With a new position in Grass Valley, about 2,000 feet up the hill and out of the valley I have access to trails several week without making a special trip. I’m very motivated to get a run 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
2016 Year in Review
| January 4, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Training journal |
I found myself reluctant to commit 2016 to paper until it was absolutely truly finished. Maybe I would go out on an epically long ride or run! Maybe my house would catch fire! Maybe I won the lottery! None of those things happened. But still. They could have. Anyways. A LOT happened in 2016. A […] more
Dec 2016 IRL Training Log
| January 3, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Training journal |
There are some new readers here on the blog so here’s a reminder of why we do this every month. These “In Real Life” posts are designed to show how conditioning and training programs are being applied “real life”. The super secret reason I started these posts was to prove to others that you *can* do […] more
Running cheaper
| December 31, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Ultra Running |
How do we spend so much on what should be the cheapest sport ever – running? How on earth are there whole stores devoted to such a simple sport? I’ve spent the last couple days diligently purging my house of unneeded and unwanted items (do I REALLY need 6 different sizes of cast iron skillets?) , desperately trying […] more
