The H.U.R.T. Trail 100 Mile. Whew, where to begin. In early August, 2009 I headed out to a Tiki Bar in Oakland with my buddies Nathan Yanko and Rick Gaston. We were
The Avalon Benefit 50 Mile on Catalina Island, one of the nation’s oldest 50 milers, bills itself as “one of the country’s most challenging and scenic 50-milers. No cars, no smog,
It was finally here. The first race that I have run twice. I was excited about the 2009 North Face Endurance Challenge 50 Mile as it was finally a chance to see what my first full year of
Is it easier to run 50 miles the second time? Maybe. But it’s still hard to run 50 miles. On Saturday, December 5 I lined up with my boyfriend Greg at the start of the North Face Endurable
FUN. What a fun day. On November 14 a bunch of friends and I headed up to Muir Beach for Pacific Coast Trail Runs’ Muir Beach 50k. There were several reasons I was excited
On November 7 Larissa, my Mom, and I headed up to Stinson Beach from San Francisco to run the Stinson Beach Trail Marathon put on by Envirosports. I had run the 25k in 2008 as the marathon
The first question I kept getting asked about Pike’s Peak was ‘Why?’so that is how I’m going to start this re-cap. In the midst of my quarter-life crisis (yes,they do exist) I found myself
Congratulations to David Schoenberg,male winner of the Montrail-Trail Run Times “My First Ultra”Contest! David receives a great gear package courtesy of Montrail. Enjoy David’s
For me, my journey to running the Tahoe Rim 100 actually started 11 months earlier, on August 3, 2008, when I completed my first marathon. The thought of running 26.2 miles was crazy
“Boom! – Seven mile climb! – Boom – Descend 4 more – Boom – 5 mile climb!” was my introduction to the course the night before by the passionate and energetic, yet appealingly