Introducing…..TKR Merry Go Far.  Aka: MerryLegs   Today was a long road trip over to the Monterey area to pick her up.  Three and half hours there, 4 hours back. Before heading out, we took some time to walk around and do a meet and greet of some of her horses I’ve only seen in […] more

Today we are going to admire pretty pictures of ponies and clean trailers +/- Tess photobombs. And you, My Dear Reader, are not going to expect anything brilliant out of me today. Why? Because I’ve had a very bad day, most of which was my own doing.  The stable outing help tremendously and And now, […] more

Let’s say that you didn’t want to wade through all the info in the last 2 posts (but you looked at the pretty pics right?) but still want a run down of the most important take-aways. Or maybe you want to know “you’ve completed your first ultra….now what?” You are in the right place! Writing […] more

Continuing with the detailed posts on the Mt. Diablo 50k. I am under no illusion that going into this much detail on the topic will be of interest to all my readers, but at least scroll down and look at the pretty pictures :). Recovery Here’s the interesting thing about this race. I’m not sore. […] more

Today is the nitty gritty, the lessons learned, the lessons I implemented successfully, and the lessons I *should* have learned last time – but I’m either stubborn or stupid or a little bit of both. As if the lessons learned weren’t entertainment enough, I also spent *way* more time than I care to admit scouring […] more