I have been training for the Berkeley Half Marathon, which takes place tomorrow. The city of Berkeley hasn’t had a major footrace since, well, forever as far as I know. This one should prove interesting though. For those of you unfamiliar with thee San Francisco Bay Area, you basically can’t drive around the block without …
Rules for Facebook Epitaphs
Inspired by a flurry of “RIP (a close friend of mine)” a few weeks ago amongst my Facebook circles for a longtime friend who was not actually in fact dead, but still very much alive, an event which caused a lot of people unwarranted anguish, frantic phone calls, and sleepless nights. 1.) When discovering a …
Race Report: Swimming the California International Marathon
Yesterday I ran (swam) the California International Marathon, a race from Folsom to Sacramento. It was my tenth completed marathon since I ran my first marathon in July of 2009. I had gone to great lengths to prepare for this marathon. Since the middle of summer, I upped my training to run more weekly miles, …
Taking it to the Next Level – Juno Fitness Bootcamp
A few months ago my old friend Juliet posted about a nighttime boot camp at her fitness studio on her Facebook. She was holding a weekly one hour intensive workout at Juno Fitness. I had always trained alone, or at gym classes at high school and in college. While I have received some advice and …
Race Report – Napa Valley Ragnar
Last weekend I was one of eleven runners on the team The Ministry of Silly Runs for the Napa Valley Ragnar relay race. I was runner #2. The Ragnar Relay is 200-mile (give r’ take) relay race with twelve runners per team. Each runner runs 3 legs, and the race generally takes anywhere from 24 …
Just Getting Started…
I’ve decided to post my open posts on my own website. I have been blogging for quite some time on Livejournal, and will replicate my open posts here. I’ve decided I need to get more of my writing out into the open, and therefore, I’ve started this blog on my site.