Slow Times for a fast foodie
Calling in the ninja to take down website problems.Well, apparently I am not the only one who was baffled by my slow website. Sorry about that folks. Turns out google changed some things and it affected the way my website was working. Since I use a custom domain I guess they think I inherently know these things! Not so much →
“Fast Times” in Firenze
I admit it. I have been enjoying my recovery from the WC100k a lot. Immediately following the race, I flew back to the states, ran a bunch (well a bunch for just having run 100k-i.e. 50+ miles), paced/crewed for Krissy at WS100 and then turned around and flew back to Europe for a family vacation/work trip (kind of one and →
A profile of little old me
My massage therapist and friend, Leah Jurek did a nice profile on me on her blog. Check it out HERE!I will be writing and posting photos from my WS pacing weekend with 2nd place female Krissy Moehl very soon!Krissy and I after WS. Photo by Matt Hart.
2009 World Championship 100k- Tourhout, Belgium
It feels like forever ago, instead of just over a week ago, that I crossed the finish line in Belgium in 4th place in the World Championships of the 100k. Life hit the fast forward button since then and except for some lingering sleepiness, I have to force my brain to remember, as my legs seem to not. I don't →
Night of Flanders- WC100k Athlete Tracking
Tomorrow is race day. Track all the action here: http://www.iau.org.tw/mediacenter.phpRace starts at 8pm here in Belgium, so you all back in the states can "watch" updates while you work!
Where’s Waldo?
Coronado Beach today, tomorrow the world.I am a woman on the go. As you have picked up by now, it has been a crazy whirlwind of a spring. I have been traveling a bunch, zipping around for running, work, pacing, life. It has been so much fun. And really the spring was just the beginning. Now begins the busy season. →
Look Like It
"What exactly DOES it mean to look like a runner?" My sister asked as we ran along in the early morning stillness of Memorial Day. That is a good question. One we were mutually pondering after reading a blog posting by someone I know who characterized a recent female winner of a marathon as inspiring because she was "older" and →
When it all comes together
After about a weeks worth of not sleeping, back and forthing across the country, pacing Glen Redpath at MMT100 last weekend (report to follow in a separate blog), driving through the night back to Seattle and being so exhausted I could barely stand up yesterday without nearly passing out, I was frankly a bit concerned for todays planned 40 mile →
Pacing at MMT
Weekend before Memorial Day, I had the pleasure of pacing my friend, Glen Redpath at MMT100. It was an education in pacing and running 100s. I definitely felt like I made a difference in Glen's day through both crewing and pacing. Whether it was not letting a decisive move by Todd and Mike break him at mile 89 or →
A really “goode” life
When I packed my stuff into storage a few months ago and drove away from Seattle for the first of many trips, I was overwhelmed with a sense of wanting to be rooted, stable and in one place. For about the first 3 weeks I was thoroughly convinced that I was ready to "settle down" and for all intents and →
Finding your motivation
Some days it is very hard to get motivated. Some days your workout says hammer and your legs/body object. Some days you mind is just not in it and you want it to be easy, not hurt, not be a struggle. Training with a smart schedule and being in tune with your body can help you mitigate which days →
What it takes: Miwok 100k
Jonathan and I coming into Tennessee Valley aid station, 3.8 miles to the finish!This weekend was the Miwok 100k, a race I myself have never had the pleasure of running, but this year I came down to Sausalito to crew and pace for all of my Seattle crew that was going to be running. I paced for Jonathan and coordinated →
Being there=getting there
"The sage accumulates nothing, but the more he does for others the greater his existence; the more he gives to others, the greater his abundance" -Lao TzuYes, that's me. It's goofy, I know. But that is me doing a rendition of my happy dance. Why a happy dance? That is a good question and the answer is both →
Boston Marathon: Running against the wind
I came into Boston feeling hugely positive about the race. Not because I was feeling like I was guaranteed a fast time or even that I was at the peak of my fitness, but because mentally I had worked through my lagging self-confident and had finally realized, Damnit, I deserve to be there. And by there, I mean in the →
Ready as I’ll ever be
It's almost time. Usually I would say that I don't spend much time thinking about a race, fretting about it or contemplating its deep inner meaning or chewing the fat on what my mentality going into the race is. But for some reason, Boston just feels different to me. In alot of ways, I don't really even consider Boston an →
Slow and Steady
Sometimes it is easy for me to forget that I am not even 4 years into my running career. I put pressure on myself to have it all figured out, to be running every workout with discipline and focus, to be vigilantly strength training, stretching and nutritionally perfect. And then when I fail or am not where I want to →
Dizzy Daze 50k
Ironically more well prepared than usual.It is my last big week before starting to taper for Boston and for my long run today I was hoping to have a confidence building run that might make me feel a bit better about things going into Boston. I haven't been feeling great for a while now and have been trying to sort →
Winthrop Week
Day 2, view from the Ridge Trail long runMy life currently is like a game of Where's Waldo. I have been zipping about from place to place for over a month now since I moved out of my apartment. Lots for work, some for fun, a bit for a race or two. Man is it exhausting. But also rewarding. The →
Way Too Cool 50k
Just getting to the starting line at Way Too Cool still standing, now looking back was a feat in itself. I left Seattle about a month ago and hit the road for Oregon, then SF, then ATL for work. While in Atlanta we worked liked dogs for about 10-14 hrs a day trying to get a huge project out the →
Resurrection on the Appalachian Trail
This song (there is no actual video footage) sums up completely how I felt out there on the AT today. I only wish I had been carrying my camera so that I could have recorded footage of what was easily not only the best run I had in months, but the most profound and important as well.This morning I got →
Life is better at 4am
We are all smiles, perkiness and giggles even at 4am.This morning my sister and I decided to get up at 4am to hit the Headlands up for a nice 11 mile-ish trail run before work and before I fly off to Atlanta for work. Life is so much better at 4am. You'd think it would be hard to get up, →
Hagg Lake, Napa and Life on the Road
Krissy and I taking a dip in the cold lake after a great raceHagg Lake 50kI admit it. I haven't been bloggerific lately. And yet, I probably have the most to say right now than any other time, just not the time to say it. I have officially hit the road for some races and some work and trying to →
The Comeback Kid
I have not been posting much lately because of the injury, not because it has been mopey and dreary but because I have been so busy taking care of the injury that I have had little else on my radar. I am happy to report that I am up and running again. Slowly but surely I am working up my →
A fate worse than death
I am hurt. It has been 8 days since I last ran. I am suffering from posterior tibialis tendon inflammation and some inflammation in my Achilles attachment. I have seen doctors, chiros/ART therapists, PT's, massage therapists and acupuncturists. In that time, I have felt nothing but only temporary and partial relief. Most mornings, I wake up and my foot hurts →
