On April 19, 2009, I ran my first half marathon, the Santa Cruz Half Marathon and 10K. I had chosen that race as I loved the city, and as it was the birthdate of my late dad who loved running, and only later did I find out that it also happened to be the official...
On January 10th, my alarm sounded on my iPhone as planned at 2:00 a.m. Though the hotel had forgotten to make a wake up call to me, or perhaps inadvertently woken up the wrong person, I was ready to get on the shuttle at 3:00 a.m. to take me to the start of the 17th...
Friday January 1st, in addition to being the first day of the year and the new decade, was also a one year anniversary for me, that of my first race ever. This year I ran this race, the Resolution Run, co-sponsored by our running group’s sponsor, Athletic Performance, again. The race started and also ended...
When I started my endurance training program, a little over a year ago now, the group was very different from how it appears now. At that time the group was organized as a Jeff Galloway Group, and our leader Jenny, had everyone winding down for a season and gearing up for the next season. In...
A year ago, I made one of the best decisions of my life, to start training for a marathon. Inspired by Julie, a runner of many marathons in my Community Bootcamp class, I joined a group of motivated runners meeting in Willow Glen at 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays. (Since my Bootcamp class meets at 6:00...
