Ruth Anderson 2010: yes, faster!

I had several goals this past Saturday (well, it has been already a week since I started this post, so I'm talking about a week ago...),...

American River 2010: Faster, at last

Most of you have heard about the difficulties I had in the past with asthma on this course and especially at this race. I was too new to ult...

Big Bunny Fun Run 5K: still under 17

No, not 17 years old, 17 minutes! That was my 7th Big Bunny Fun Run since 2002 (missed 2003 because of a conflict with the Boston Marathon,...

More trail maintenance, with the Striders

If you read last week's post , this is a continuation of my story about maintaining our huge backyard and the amazing network of hundred...

A huge backyard to enjoy, and maintain!

I am rich. Well, with a backyard of several hundreds of acres, I feel rich. I even feel blessed to be able to run tens of miles right in my ...

Way Too Cool 2010: not completely cool

Too cool : sunny weather, crisp blue sky, outstanding competition, location (Cool), parking, car pooling with the rest of the team, Gary Gel...

Other ultra miles for other non-ultra priorities

What a week, I ran 6.5 miles last week, so no fancy running story or event to recount this time... And, no, I'm not tapering on purpose ...