Ultra Ordinary Running

  • Training Day

    Training Day

    I have been training – or at least acting like I’m training – to run the North Fork 50 mile trail race on June 4. Part of that training was running the Desert Rats Trail Running Festival – you can read about that on my previous post. I made arrangements to participate in a training run…

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  • The Day I became a Desert Rat

    I wasn’t planning on running a marathon last weekend. I originally was going to do the half marathon distance – but I’d been doing 12-14 miles on the weekend and doing 13 wasn’t really going to benefit my training. In spite of the fact that I’m supposed to be training for a 50 mile race…

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  • Ultra Ordinary

    Ultra Ordinary

    As the mother of 4 children I have often had discussions given lectures about being safe and smart while surfing the world wide web.  I’m not dumb enough to think that my kids haven’t looked up all kinds of shit they shouldn’t be looking at  – or things that I would prefer that they weren’t looking at.…

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  • Let the Games Begin

    Let the Games Begin

    Two weeks into my training schedule and BAM! Smacked to the couch with a high fever and body aches.  I didn’t hurt that bad after running the 50k in September. I did some easy yoga stretches to help get the blood flowing and alleviate some stiff muscles. On the third day, I got myself out for…

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