The Adventures of an Average Athlete

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Finding My Limits – the Gold Rush 50K Race Report

May 12, 2014 By: Pahla B - Adventures of an Average Athlete

Astute readers will have looked at that title and thought, “Hey, I thought you were running a 100K!”  Yeah.  Not so much. UltraIronHubs has this thing he says to me after a race doesn’t go exactly like I had hoped:  Win or learn, there is no lose.  And the good news is that I learned […]

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Miners Revenge/That Damn Run – Long Run Report?

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

Well, it coulda-woulda-shoulda been a race report, had I not totally screwed up and missed the sign-up deadline!  But, in a fun little turn of events, my long run on Sunday gets to serve as an incredibly belated race report from last October – hooray!  And a bonus spectator report, because UIH was smart enough […]

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AR 50 Goals – or Lack Thereof

April 4, 2014 By: Pahla B - Adventures of an Average Athlete

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 […]

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