Almost there
| October 12, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
100 mile training with the 100 mile run looming large in the near-ish future. Excuse me while I have a minor freak out. Oh. My. GOD. I’m actually going to do this. This is INSANE. How is this a good idea. Screw every meme that ever admonished dreams that weren’t big enough. I can’t even. […] more
Link Luv Oct ’16
| October 6, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
When I was a itty bitty first-starting-out marathoner Meb was on top. Now more than a decade later, 2 degrees later, a kid, a marriage, diving into the ultra world, getting my first horse (and another, and another..) starting endurance, riding 100 miles, finishing Tevis, discovering ride and tie…..Meb is STILL RUNNING at the top […] more
September 2016 IRL
| October 3, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s CRAZY to me that September is over. It was a blink of an eye (almost said “literally a blink of an eye” because that’s how it FELT but then realized that the use of “literal” in un-literal situations is a capital offense). I don’t know about you, but October came here on Saturday (snicker […] more
Getting there from here: The Long Run
| September 28, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
My biggest revelations come when I’m pursuing something BIG. It clarifies and makes me notice the small things that I’ve missed forever. Here’s another lesson learned training for 100 miles: Long runs during training are not tempo runs (or at race pace) where you leave everything on the line. Why? Because then you are not […] more
10 ways to get the training in
| September 27, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s tough to get the training in. Jobs, kids, other hobbies and responsibilities. Here’s 10 ways to do it. Buy a treadmill. Be one of the small percentage that actually uses it. Wake up early. Do it after the rest of the family goes to bed. Make it your stress and celebration outlet – not […] more
MerryLegs update
| September 23, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Finally remembered to take some recent photos of ML to show how much her weight and condition has improved! Pictures are worst/oldest first with the good news at the bottom :). more
Coastal 50k: 3 x 3
| September 20, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report, Ultra Running |
I’m going straight to the 3 by 3 evaluation because there isn’t much of a story here – ran 14 miles the day before the race and besides one little arm-flapping-hysterical-shriek complete with teleportion to the side of the trail when I was surprised by something behind me (it was a bike, and no I […] more
