running

in 2003, the year i started running, i joined a track club and did all my saturday long runs with a nice group of people. that was great, but not enough to justify the $200 in yearly dues. i was getting none of the promised coaching at all (the coach always seemed too busy to […] Read more

it’s dark. i’m alone. all i hear is my own breathing. all i see is a round spot on the ground, lighted by my headlamp, where my foot is going to land next. i can feel it… it is getting stronger… it defeats me. the ruthless grip of fear. 38 miles into the race i […] Read more

i only have a few days and i have to make the decision: what will my march race be??? back in december i had already signed up for high desert, avalon, twin peaks and orange curtain… the orange curtain 100k is on february 17th, and after that i have nothing else planned. so i’m on […] Read more

unlike last year’s experience (pole position), this time (with help from my trusty garmin streetpilot) i managed to arrive at the port on time and catch the boat to catalina island, where the avalon benefit 50 mile run took place. arriving on the island i realized how cold it was. i was already shivering on […] Read more

yesterday i packed for avalon. my “generic” race list is organized into six sub-lists: personal (travel items, such as wallet, paperwork, toiletries, clothes…), pre-race (stuff i need in the morning, before the race), race (all items that will be on me during the race; running gear), fanny-pack (all items that will be carried in my […] Read more

so this pamphlet for a quite unusual product was in my goodie bag last month at the high desert 50k. as i went through the contents of the bag in my hotel room, like a kid opening christmas presents, the yellow piece of paper gave me a good laugh. how do people come up with […] Read more