The Adventures of an Average Athlete

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Lake Natoma 50K – The Race Report that Includes a Few Crackpot Medical Theories as a Bonus

March 11, 2015 By: Pahla B - Adventures of an Average Athlete

After Saturday’s fabulous 7K, I came home and went into power recovery mode.  I got a good breakfast and plunked my butt (actually, it was more about my calves, but whatever) on the foam roller.  I drank water like it was my job.  I did some easy stretching and I took my son shopping.  Oh, […]

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Runfessions!

January 30, 2015 By: Pahla B - Adventures of an Average Athlete

Well, it looks like I’m becoming addicted to link-ups!  That didn’t take long.  After last Monday’s successful Weekend Update link-up, I’m giving it a go again this week with my girl Marcia from Marcia’s Healthy Slice for some January Runfessions.  Wanna join in?  Check it out!  It’s good for your soul. Runfession:  I’ve got asthma […]

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The Summer of Suck (and a Belated Race Report)

August 20, 2014 By: Pahla B - Adventures of an Average Athlete

So a couple of weeks ago, I ran this 5K and it was pretty awesome, but I totally didn’t blog about it.  Oops! Happy to be finished! I ran it with a client of mine, pacing her to a huge PR, which was very exciting and very nearly puke-worthy (for her).  She did such a […]

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Everything is AWESOME!!!

March 29, 2014 By: Pahla B - Adventures of an Average Athlete

Just a few more notes about last weekend’s Modesto Half Marathon: On a whim, I added a few songs to my iPod Shuffle right before the race.  I really like having a new song pop up, sometimes it can bring a lot of energy to a run.  Of course, sometimes it can suck, too, but […]

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Modesto Half Marathon – Race Report!

March 23, 2014 By: Pahla B - Adventures of an Average Athlete

I hereby declare 2014 the Year of Learning to Look at Things From a New Perspective!  Case in point, today’s seemingly dismal half marathon:  Time-wise, it was a big time Personal Worst at a road half, by something like 20 minutes.  So you might think I’d be all disappointed or pissed, but the reality is […]

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MoMary Race Goals

March 22, 2014 By: Pahla B - Adventures of an Average Athlete

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 […]

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