"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in MOVE on Feb 21st, 2017
The Hot Chocolate race is a big national production where the race occurs all throughout the U.S. all year long. A group of us ran this years race in San Francisco. It was crazy monsoon weather. They ended up shortening the race because they had to close down one of the roads on the route […]
Posted in MOVE on Feb 21st, 2017
I love running with my boys. It’s one of my favorite things to do. It’s extra special when I get them one on one. Alex decided he wanted to train for a half marathon. This lasted about five runs before deciding he wanted to take a break and rethink this. Here is one of those […]
Posted in MOVE on Feb 21st, 2017
When I hit 1000 miles for 2016, I hung up my shoes for the rest of the year (about 10 days). This race was my welcome to 2017, a trail race on New year’s Day. This.is.a.hard.race. I “only” run the 5K, but it is harder that some of the half marathons I have ran. You […]
Posted in MOVE on Feb 21st, 2017
The California Half and Full Marathon Series is a series of races throughout California. They create challenges where you try to race a certain number of their races to receive and additional special challenge medal. I had not given this any thought and had been signing up for races the interested me. But when I took […]
Posted in MOVE on Feb 21st, 2017
Here is the fruit of my running labor for 2016! Some of these are virtual race medals (you sign up for a race and run it when you want, where you want.) I won’t be doing as many virtuals in 2017, so my medal collection won’t be as large as this year is. I am proud […]
Posted in MOVE on Feb 7th, 2017
This race completed an incredible running year. I had to run this to receive a special medal that acknowledged the completion of a race series. Earlier in the year, I decided to go for a race series medal with the California Half and Full Marathon Series. Even though I ended up running a total 0f […]
Posted in MOVE on Jan 19th, 2017
We are so grateful to be living where we do. we live 20-30 minutes from some of the most amazing trails. This was a lovely morning trail run with a bunch of friends. Located in Auburn, CA., I think we ran 10 miles for this one. Then breakfast after at the Flower Farm…
Posted in MOVE on Dec 23rd, 2016
This is one of my favorite places to run. The trail begins near the Flower Farm, a lovely cafe, flower farm, winery, bed and breakfast, property. Running to Avery Pond and back to the Flower Farm is a total of 10 miles. We all enjoy a yummy breakfast after…
Posted in MOVE on Dec 23rd, 2016
This was half marathon #12 for the year. Misty morning and perfect weather for a race. Our friend Jessica made the announcement that she has another little runner on board! We started out way too fast and the first three miles had some nasty inclines. It was pretty humbling. The race was through some beautiful […]
Posted in MOVE on Nov 19th, 2016
A fun day, playing around with obstacle courses and a bunch of mud! I did this with my friend Laurie. It was at a pumpkin patch/corn field in Sacramento. I am proud to say I was able to accomplish all the obstacles! Mud Factor 5K this also has a fun pro video to see what it’s […]