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Redwoods Rain Run 12-22

Just gonna post all these pics first and then give some brief commentary at the end. I started at Skyline Gate and did the West Ridge -> French -> Orchard -> Bridle -> Stream loop (7.89 miles) in 1:29:13 (+1,129 … Continue reading

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Epic Run # whatever

This last Monday I did a long out-and-back run through EBMUD lands from Redwood Road (near Lake Chabot) out to the edge of Las Trampas Regional Wilderness along the Ramage Peak Trail. I should file this under “Epic Runs of … Continue reading

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Fog on the fire trail up to Tilden Steam Trains. Eerily beautiful. I fully expected to see some hobbits.

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Running…

Ran 26.57 miles last night. Saw all kinds of wildlife up on the Bay Ridge Trail- in order; deer, goats, more deer, feral cat, baby possum, skunk, another feral cat, baby coyote and a raccoon. I took BART to the … Continue reading

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Where you been?

I see it’s been almost a month since I’ve updated. I have been training, albeit pretty easy by cutting back on the miles a bunch, gonna do a half marathon next weekend before an intense 3 weeks of mileage building … Continue reading

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Race Report (2012 Grizzly Peak Marathon)

I thought I’d get out for a run today but I’m still too sore. So, a race report instead. Okay, I guess I’ll start from the beginning. I woke up about 5:15 AM, I wanted to eat as much as … Continue reading

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Of course my eyes are on my finishing time. Of the 50 folks that started the marathon, 16 DNF’ed. The course was that hard, it was all anyone was talking about at the finish. I’m ready for my next marathon; … Continue reading

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T-minus 2 days…

..until my first full marathon. For those just tuning in, I’m running a full on trails this Saturday. Here’s some more from my training log; let’s pick up where we left off: 3/22 – 7.06 miles with 1,247 feet of … Continue reading

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Great week of training…

Here’s the last 10 days or so since I last updated my training log 2/9 – night group run at Redwoods; 7.14 miles 2/10 – rest day 2/11 – 18.42 miles; Redwoods, started at 6:05 am; headlamp’d it for the … Continue reading

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Today’s run…

…was a 3 hour, 11 minute and 8 second romp through the Redwoods that started at 6:05 AM in the pitch blackness with a glorious fog replete with periods of rain and mud. Did the first big loop of ~11.3 … Continue reading

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