SNER Double-Marathon: a slow year?

SNER stands for the Sierra Nevada Endurance Runs and marks a special weekend of September on the ridge of the American River. The traditio...

Quicksilver Half-Marathon: short, fast, but...

If you follow my blog and read last week's post , you know what I was after today: getting close to 1hr30. I ran the course twice last S...

Labor(ious) Day weekend: 4 stories, 1 post

As the kids get older, as Agnès teaches in high school this year, as I settle into IBM, long weekends are welcome to... work and catch up wi...

S as in...

You have been warned, there will be many words starting with s in this post... And a quiz at the end to see if you spotted them! Overall, t...

Way to go (and run) Cupertino!

A quick post to tell you that I am very impressed with my fellow Cupertinians, at least some of them exercising. This Saturday morning, I we...

Skyline 50K: version 3 of 28

I had very high expectations for this race. In 2007, I finished third behind Steve Stowers and Rich Boulet , with the 7 th fastest time si...

Tour du Mont Blanc: unfinished business

Two years ago, I had a blast on the course of the UTMB, the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, a 100-mile race held at the end of August since 2003....