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  • I will not run a marathon but I will run an ultra

    Posted on February 21, 2020February 25, 2020

    Of course, technically it’s necessary to run the distance of a marathon to finish an ultra. And while you could not talk me into registering for a (road) marathon, here I am training for a 50K. (Or maybe a 55K; I haven’t decided on the race yet.) I’m not lying about never running a marathon […]

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  • Finally winter: (three) weekly rundown

    Posted on February 9, 2020February 9, 2020

    I know, three-weekly is nonsense grammar, but you know what I mean. I also know it’s been winter for a while in most places, but ours has been unseasonably warm and dry. It’s still warm, relatively speaking, but it’s at least finally snowing. 1/20 – 1/26 Tuesday: 5 miles. Warm enough that trails were very […]

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  • 2 months in pictures

    Posted on November 11, 2019November 18, 2019

    Working backwards over the past two months: I had a sinus infection that would not quit for almost a month, so I’ve only gotten back to being a functional human in the past week. I also have four scientific papers underway currently, so my brain power for other writing is low. (Yes, four papers is […]

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  • Back on the trails: weekly rundown

    Posted on September 2, 2019September 2, 2019

    Since I took some time off after the Ridge Run, there wasn’t a lot to recap for a couple weeks. First week post-race: did yoga once or twice. Second week: more yoga, some short strength workouts. I got back to running last Sunday with just shy of 14 trail miles. Obviously this is not the […]

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  • Bridger Ridge Run recap

    Posted on August 18, 2019August 21, 2019

    The Ridge Run is kinda legendary among trail runners – at least, legendary among the subset of runners to whom 20ish miles along steep, rocky ridgeline sounds like it might be a good time. Officially, it’s 19.65 or 20.55 miles with 6,800 feet of elevation gain and 9,500 feet loss. None of the stats from […]

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  • Ridge Run week: weekly rundown

    Posted on August 11, 2019August 11, 2019

    Very short rundown today, since it was race week! The forthcoming race recap will likely be very long though. Tuesday 1.9 miles, 810 feet elevation gain. One last trip up the ‘M’ just to remind my legs how climbing works. I kept a moderate pace, but still managed my 2nd fastest time up the steep […]

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  • I’m really good at tapering: weekly rundown

    Posted on August 5, 2019August 5, 2019

    No, really. I’m not at all the kind of person who gets antsy during taper. I am done training for this race, let me sleep. Especially after last weekend’s runs, which combined were almost the distance of the Ridge Run – I was extra tired most of the week, and so ended up doing even […]

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  • Thwarted plans: (bi)weekly rundown

    Posted on July 29, 2019

    Every time I set out for a long run over the past 2 weeks, it did not go as intended. That makes 4 times…and only 1 long run. Also, the two definitions of biweekly make it a mostly-useless word, except for obfuscatory purposes. Example: I’m currently strength training biweekly. Which definition do I mean? *shrug […]

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  • Semi-recovery: weekly rundown

    Posted on July 15, 2019August 11, 2019

    Normally I would take the week off, or at least mostly off, after a long race like I ran last Saturday. But with the Ridge Run quickly approaching, I had to get back to training while still letting my body recover. So I stuck with short easy runs during the week, and fortunately felt ready […]

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  • Adventures and misadventures: weekly rundown

    Posted on July 8, 2019July 8, 2019

    It was a fairly eventful two weeks, but this will be a fairly brief rundown. I’m going with more photos than words today. 6/24-6/30 Got a relatively large blister on a relatively short trail run. No idea how/why that happened. Finally made it to the top of Baldy… …but probably got some mild heat exhaustion […]

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