You know how some weekends are mellow and lazy and you lay around in your pajamas and read magazines? Yeah, this was so totally not that weekend! We were jam-packed, wall-to-wall racing the last three days and it was pretty awesome! The Kiddos Friday afternoon/evening took us down to Turlock for the Pitman Distance Wars […]
Reflections of a Long Distance Runner
When I set out for my long run this morning, I was feeling a little pensive. Not sad or worried, mind you, just thoughtful. Last weekend was a “milestone” birthday for me (45!) and yesterday was the last race of my kids’ Cross Country season, so I was thinking a lot about endings and beginnings […]
American River 50 Mile Endurance Run – An Ultra (long) Race Report!
Alternate title: The One Where Pahla Learns to Let Shit Go. I’ve seen “Frozen” twice now, and I thought it was a pretty cute movie. I’m not a SuperFan by any means, but let me tell you, that song, “Let it Go” was pretty much my theme song for the day Saturday. Sometimes, even when […]
Fiddy (the Rock’n River 50-Miler Race Report)
So. On Saturday I ran fifty miles. All in a row, without (too much) stopping. That was pretty crazy, in case you were wondering. But it was also really amazing and awesome and inspiring. You’ll probably want a drink and a snack for this race report, since it’s just about as long as my race, […]
Running Games
You know how sometimes you go for a long run and, even though you finish up tired, you feel really great the whole time and you’re super happy you did it? Today was not that day. In fact, today’s 18-miler was more of a “hope I don’t crap my pants” kind of run. (Thank goodness […]
AR 50–Rabbit Report
“Here comes P with her cotton tail… Hoppin’ down the AR50 trail…” Technically, my title was pacer, but what with the cute song, the tie-in with Easter and the fact that this was a totally “hare-brained” idea, I’m going with a rabbit theme here. Work with me. IronHubs decided last year – somewhere in the […]
(Rather Random) Friday Five!
One of these days (but apparently not this week), I will write a blog post that includes an actual narrative. Until then, however, I am all about the bullet points. Ha, ha! Here’s my Friday Five: Today was pretty much the best mail day EVER! First up, I ordered a pair of these bad boys […]
Bike Path by the Numbers
IronHubs and I went for a gorgeous long-ish ride/short run brick on the American River Bike Trail today. We saw: 14 – Large dogs, including a St. Bernard and several Australian Shepherds. 3 – Small to medium sized dogs, including a Pomeranian who was SOOOOOOO happy to be running with his mama! 0 – Dogs […]
