Get fit or die trying
With apologies to Dr. Thompson (The events told here may or may not have happened. The people described may or may not exist. There is only pink, yellow, stripe and blue. That is all any of us need.) Race report: Continue reading Far and Loafing in Los Olivos
So… duh, I like to run in sandals a fair bit. I also run in a number of other types of shoes, but for me there’s nothing like the freedom of feeling the air under my feet as I flit Continue reading Shoe Review: Xeroshoes Umara Z-Trail Sport Sandal
“Tracking paused!” I slowly trudged up a steep, slippery and mostly unmarked (except by bones, cow patties and the occasional ribbon) hill in San Luis Obispo and seriously considered murdering my RunKeeper app as she, once again, passive aggressively suggested Continue reading Race Report: 2016 La Cuesta Ranch Trail Run
In 2013 I picked up a pair of HOKA ONE ONE Stinson Tarmacs. I picked them up because my pair of Stinson Evo Trails was one of very few that “cratered”, a collapsed area that HOKA assured me occurred in Continue reading What a 2 year old shoe taught me about trail running in Utah
So with World Cup fever officially dying down (till next year, go USA ladies!) there is still the echo of soccer (or futbol, as it is known pretty much everywhere else on the planet) in the air. Here in Sacramento, Continue reading Workout: Foot. Ball. Run.
What: Fleet Feet Sports Davis “The Big Shoe Off” Where: Davis, CA When: Saturday, June 14th 8am So this morning I attended Fleet Feet Davis’ big vendor event and boy was it a hoot. We had a bunch of shoe Continue reading Event: Fleet Feet “The Big Shoe Off!”
A friend of mine on Twitter asked me for some tips on staying safe from vehicles while out running and I thought it would be a fantastic topic for a blog post (and also way too long for a Twitter Continue reading Running: Avoiding becoming a hood ornament
I often get asked about how to get started running from people for whom the activity seems out of reach for a number of reasons. Sometimes they feel they are too heavy, most often they complain of hurt knees from Continue reading StrideFu: A running primer for new, injured and overweight runners
I often get asked a lot of questions from people who are interested in running, or interested in returning to running after a long absence. My successful journey as someone who was quite out of shape, with terrible knees, has Continue reading Learning to fly: getting started as a runner
I usually don’t head out on night runs, and I usually run by myself. Tonight I broke both of those habits and went out for a run under the moonlight with a pal of mine who is training for a Continue reading Running Tip: Find a Rabbit
