It’s here, it’s finally here!! The American River 50 Mile Endurance Run is tomorrow! I’m very excited and nervous and have been absolutely charming to everybody I’ve seen today. I feel very prepared for this race, which is something of an anomaly for me, but I’m enjoying the feeling. The hay is in the barn […]
MoMary Race Goals
Just when I think I’m not going to run this thing anymore, here I am signed up yet again for the Modesto Marathon. This year, thank goodness, I’m only doing the half! This is the fifth year of the MoMary, and here’s how those five years have shaken down for yours truly:2010 – the inaugural […]
Jed Smith Ultra Goals
It’s not so much that my goals are ultra-sized, just that the race is. I’m heading into “Ultra Season,” starting this weekend with the first of three planned ultras in the next three months, including a 50K, a 50-miler and a 100K. *gulp* Okay, I guess my goals are pretty ultra-sized, after all.This Saturday is […]
The Start of Something New
I did not stay up until midnight last night. In fact, I barely made it past 8 pm and that’s already pretty late for me. (I get up in the 3 am range most days and I love me my sleep, so I’m usually headed for bed when other people are still eating dinner. Ha!) […]
Plan B
Things have been a little rough around here with my CIM training. Not physically – the runs have been going great and I’ve been hitting terrific speeds. But the mental side of training has been harder than I was prepared for. I was super excited to get started on all of that speedworky goodness, but […]
Update: My YouTube Channel and a 14-Mile Half Marathon!
In my real life – you know, those silly hours I spend doing something other than training. Whatever. – I work in my own business as a personal trainer. It’s pretty much the most awesome job in the world. Mostly I go to people’s houses and kick their asses for an hour. Seriously, can you […]
Hungry
Last year at this time, I had logged over 84,000 meters in the pool, ridden almost 800 miles on my bike and run about 200 miles (which was really low – I spent the first three months of the year injured). This year? I haven’t been in the pool even once yet. I finally got […]
Evolution of a Training Plan, Part Three
Where I finally wrap things up! If you’re interested, you can also check out Part One, The Newbie Years and Part Two, When Things went from Bad to Worse. Part Three is still a work in progress, but I feel good about this one having a happy ending! Insert standard clause about not being a […]
Evolution of a Training Plan, Part One
Let’s be clear about this from the very first sentence: I am not an expert or a coach. I make my own training plans because I have (sort of) figured out what I like and what works for me, but most of what I do doesn’t really fall into the category of conventional running wisdom. […]
Five (Goals) Friday
Hooray, tomorrow is race day – the DU for FUN #2!! I’m excited and nervous, but right this second leaning more toward excited (talk to me in thirty seconds when that changes again…) Workouts have been crossed off the training plan and I am ready to rumble. You can see at the top of the […]
