"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in MOVE on Nov 8th, 2016
Michelle and I were so excited that we were able to run a race together. The Folsom Blues 5K was at the same time she was visiting! It’s tradition to post a “flat selfie” of what you are wearing for the race. It helps your friends when they go to find you and it helps […]
Posted in MOVE on Nov 8th, 2016
A beautiful day to run with friends. 6.8 mile short course on the Granite Head Trail Run. We ran along Folsom Lake. Beer and burritos after. Perfect.
Posted in MOVE on Oct 25th, 2016
Every race is its own unique experience/animal. This race was no exception. We decided to make this a family event and add a few additional nights and explore Yosemite. This would be our first time there. We arrived at the expo the day before the race. It was located where the race finishes at a […]
Posted in MOVE on Oct 25th, 2016
Another half marathon in the books! This one was kind of special to me for a few reasons: my very first half marathon was the Urban Cow five years ago. I had trained hard for it and my time was 2:49:53 this race had a huge turnout with women from my run club. It was […]
The boys and I volunteered for the Folsom Lake Ultra Trail Race. This is a 110k trail race (a little over 68 miles). Runner run around Lake Folsom (and then some). There is an option to run this solo, or in a relay. We were stationed at the 29.1 mile aid station in Cool, CA. […]
Posted in MOVE on Oct 13th, 2016
A day trip to Petaluma for this race made for a very early morning! I unfortunately was fighting a cold. That, coupled with the fact that this race was almost all hills, made it a pretty tough one. Still, I managed to get through it. Lovely, country roads on rolling hills. Farms and quiet. My […]
Posted in MOVE on Oct 13th, 2016
This is a nice Sacramento neighborhood 10 mile race. While running through one of the neighborhoods, I ran into a running friend who was in her front yard with her dog! She and I ran her first half marathon together back in March! (we have a mutual running friend who was injured and had to […]
Posted in MOVE on Oct 13th, 2016
Hogwarts Run Club, an online Harry Potter themed run club hosts races through the year. They recently held a series of runs that totaled 26.2 miles via four runs. The last run was 13 miles. A group of us who had signed up for this series knew we could not stop at 13 when 13.1 […]
Posted in MOVE on Oct 13th, 2016
So much fun ‘Running with the Bears‘ this weekend! I don’t think have or ever will experience a race with more support and heart for their cause and their runners. This is a small race in Greenville, CA. AKA Timbuktu. My friend Michelle, flew down from WA to cheer me on and asked , “so HOW […]
Posted in MOVE on Oct 13th, 2016
I belong to a local chapter of a national run club called Moms Run This Town. The national group challenged all groups to see how many runners they could get together to run at 5am. Here is how many turned up for ours. I think we got second place!