POSTS

It's been awhile....

Jun 26, 2017

The last year and a half has had it's ups and downs with injury, illness and family issues and they all took their toll on my training, racing and overall health.  I have a mountain road (Phoenix people picture San Juan to the towers) ahead of me, but I'm taking time to refocus and remind myself why I fell in love with running in the first place.  This valley is something I forgot to mention in my "Running Tips" blog.  Any seasoned runner will go through times like this where you are constantly

Running Tips

Feb 18, 2016

I've been asked by multiple people to jot down any tips that I have when it comes to training and racing.  This will be a "working post" and I will update it as things come to me  :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #1-Chafing Chafing can be one of the biggest issues a runner faces.  I've noticed the hotter and more humid it gets, the more you chafe.  I've tried all different types from Body Glide to Vaseline

Bear 100... halfway.

Oct 02, 2015

Going into this race, I knew I would have to be on point.  My training was sidelined for six weeks and then recovery at the point where I should have been amping up my mileage (May-June).  Going into August, my longest run in the last three months had been ten miles.  I went from 10 to 26 to 47 in four weeks.  That's a huge jump in a short period of time-mentally I could handle it, but my body said otherwise.  The same ankle kept rolling and then the other one would roll as I took weight off the

Old Pueblo Part Deux

Mar 03, 2015

The entire week leading up to this race was filled with nightmares and relatively no sleep.  It seemed all too real that I was turning hypothermic again while getting lost in the middle of nowhere.  Even with the forecast stating it would have a high of seventy and total sunshine, I still packed three ponchos.  I wasn't taking any chances ever again. The night before the race, I only got about four hours of sleep as the nightmares were even more vivid than the previous five nights.  I woke up