Run Revolution

The Rock and Roll series just announced San Diego has a new (and improved, in my opinion) course for 2013.   This was the first marathon I ran in 2010, which qualified me for Boston. Overall, it was a great experience. The weather was perfect, the course was scenic (except for the horrible freeway portion, which looks to [...]

Some days you’ll have a good run, and some days you’ll have such an amazing run you feel like you could run forever. And then there are those days where you feel like you’re made of lead, and running just a mile feels like the hardest thing you’ve done in your life. And so comes [...]

While on vacation in Palm Springs, CA last month,  the temperatures were: HIGH: 111 degrees LOW: 80 degrees How did I get my run in? 1) Wake up at 5AM to run outside? OR 2) Run on the treadmill in an air conditioned room? Hmmmm…This was vacation. There was no way I was waking up [...]

Hermosa Beach is a small beach community, which, along with Manhattan Beach to the north, and Redondo Beach to the south and east, makes up the South Bay. Over the years, Hermosa Beach has become a sort of second home for me, thanks to a sister who moved there nearly 7 years ago. I have [...]

On a recent visit to SoCal, namely Hermosa Beach in the South Bay, I took a class at Bikram Yoga Hermosa Beach. This wasn’t my first class here. Last year, I was in town before I ran the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon. I remember one thing about this studio: it was hot. Really, [...]

(As I sit here in the desert, baking in 105 degree heat, I am reminded of the beauty I am surrounded by in Seattle, and the breathtaking run I did last weekend, which prompted this post. I fully appreciate my home in Seattle, and don’t ever want to take it for granted.) I have lived [...]

My marathon bucket list will most likely grow, but I can at least start crossing some races off now: 1. Boston 2. Nike Women’s Half Marathon-I crossed this one half way off because I haven’t run it yet, but… Right before I left for Boston, I registered for the Nike Women’s Half Marathon in San [...]

What better place to carb up than Italy. Well…since the Boston Marathon is in Boston, how about Little Italy. I had no idea the treat I was in for. When I ran the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon, we carbed up the night before in San Diego’s Little Italy, which I adored. I told [...]

I finished! I completed my goal of finishing one of the hottest Boston Marathons (nicknamed the Boston Massacre) on record. It was also a record breaking high in Boston: 87 degrees (the previous record was 84 degrees). This race was not about a PR, about racing, or about qualifying for the Boston Marathon 2013. It [...]

Some records are going to be broken on April 16, 2012…and I am not talking about runners’ times. The 116th running of the Boston Marathon is going to be a hot one. Not just hot, hot, but record breaking hot. Hot even for non-runners. But dangerously hot for marathon runners. All goals for Monday are [...]

Three days until the race. I needed to get in one last yoga session before the race. Being the planner that I am, and not wanting to stray one bit from the training that got me to this race in the first place, I researched yoga studios weeks in advance. Luckily, I found one less [...]

Five more days and my feet will be pounding the infamous Boston Marathon pavement you see in the video above. Hopkinton to Boston, 26.2. It’s almost here!   The final road to Boston begins tomorrow at 5:30AM when I board a plane to the other coast. My life hostage and my entire family is accompanying [...]

Although I finally consider myself a “runner” and I am running the Boston Marathon, I really haven’t ran that many unique races. The Rock and Roll San Diego Marathon was the first race I ran out of state. Boston will be the second. There are some really great marathons out there, and I would love [...]

Only 170 miles south of Seattle, Portland is quite the charming city, and is extremely runner friendly. I really had no idea. You’d think I’d have spent a little more time in this neighboring city. I have spent some time in Portland, but have never ran in the city. Visiting a city as a runner, [...]