Posts from ‘May, 2009’

I’m hacking up both lungs with bronchitis, procrastinated on registering and had a little baby dolphin when I saw the price tag of the “procrastinator’s” registration fee… what can I say?  A few months ago Sophie and I were absolutely going to run the home-grown Bolder Boulder with 50,000 of our fellow crazies.  Today, we [...]

This past Saturday we ran Towhee, a south Boulder trail I’ve never been on before.  Karley told us what the route would be; Mesa Trail to Towhee to Mesa to Big Bluestem, turn left, right, left, take the left fork… I stopped listening because I couldn’t picture it in my head and knew I would [...]

My secret’s out: as a writer, I reflect. I’ve done this since I was a pup, probably the gangly, slobbery, falling-over-my-own-feet stage. I think about things that, after a week, most people would have forgotten about. I dwell on kernels of ideas that strike chords in my little brain. I twist and turn it around [...]

  I did it!  I came, I saw, I ran a few miles.  I prepped, tapered, and raced.  The Colorado Marathon fell on a beautiful spring day in the mountains and streets of Fort Collins.  The sun was shining, the river water was rushing, and ultimately, no one I knew saw me finish.  It was [...]

I’m in “taper” mode.  I’m running a Half Marathon in The Colorado Marathon in Ft. Collins on Sunday and this entire week is devoted to resting, sleeping, and generally getting geared up to run hard and fast for 13 miles.   An example of this week’s training:  yesterday I ran a total of 2 1/2 miles.  [...]