Happy Birthday, Chris

Dear Chris, Like someone said on the Evite, it is hard to think that you turned 30! ;-) After Chuck's 60th celebration on the trails , t...

No snow but a new park

This story started 10 years ago... Shortly after we immigrated to California at the end of October 1998, we got some snow on both sides of t...

Reaching Wall without hitting it

Happy birthday, blog! March 27, 2007. One year ago, my first post . Happy birthday "Farther Faster blog!" To celebrate and mark th...

UTMB training camp: trail review for 2008?

Unlike the very organized Western States training camp of Memorial Day weekend in May , there is no formal training camp for the UTMB . Yet,...

Running in Paris (2): La Coulée Verte (South)

Last week I described a run which may not be appealing to ultra runners visiting Paris. 1-mile loops in Parc Montsouris are better than cir...

Running in Paris (1): Parc Montsouris

Before escaping the French capital for a family vacation week in the Alps in Chamonix , a short post to describe one place for a run if you...

An athletic tour of Olympic Barcelona

It took me 42 years to visit Spain for the first time, but this is my second times in 14 months. First time was Madrid, for business. This t...