If my dog Sadie could talk, she’d talk your ear off about our visit to the beach last week. First she’d tell you about the LONG car ride to get there. She paced up and down the minivan like a caged lion at the zoo, going to the back and then to the front. From [...]
All summer long I’ve had a one-track mind. All I could think about, talk about, and write about was one thing: it starts with a T, has three parts, and had me scrambling to find time for training. It’s T for Triathlon! Back in March I signed up for the Malibu Triathlon at the urging of [...]
If someone told I’d be competing in a triathlon a year ago, I would’ve told them they were nuts. A year ago I was out of shape, a little heavier, and had no plans to incorporate any sort of workout in my life. Then in January my friend Cici convinced me to run the Ragnar Relay, [...]
Not me! (Actually, let me qualify that: I am still a little nervous about swimming in open water but I’m no longer scared. Case in point: I participated in an aquathon last week – a race with an 800M ocean swim, followed by a 5K run – and lived to tell the tale.) You see, [...]
For the past two years my friend Erin has asked me to go to Kern River. The first year there was a scheduling conflict, and the second year we signed up too late. She looks forward to this river trip all year long – in fact, she RAVES about it – and this year I [...]
I’m baaaack! These past two months have been rather hectic for me – in between holding down a full-time job, training for a triathlon, and keeping with up life in general – I have not had a lot of time for myself. And certainly not enough time to keep up with this site. I’m confident [...]
Three weekends ago (wow, it’s been that long) we participated in the Malibu Creek Xterra Race. We participated last year and liked it so much that we came back this year. Last year Rene and I both finished 11th overall in our divisions. I didn’t run the race this year due to a foot injury [...]
Have I talked about my funny dog Sadie? It’s been three months since she became part of our family, and she is quite a personality. She runs around the house like Taz, a tornado with lots of teeth and drool. She even sounds like him because of her pushed-in nose, and snores loudly at night. [...]
I can’t believe that only a few months ago, January 26 to be exact, I wrote about joining the Ready Freddies for the Ragnar Relay and going for my first five mile run in Long Beach. That run was tough, and it reminded me of how much work I would need to do in order [...]
Every Saturday morning we meet a group of people at different trails around Southern California and go for a long run. Two weekends ago we met at the top of the Reseda Blvd, part of the Santa Monica Mountains, and ran towards the Nike Missile Tower. NO, it’s not a tower made out of running [...]
