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Running and volunteering: the measures J&K stop and go workout!
In the ultra world, we have the famous JFK 50-mile, an event which has run for more than 50 years. But, this Saturday, the deal was about getting the support our local high schools need to stay afloat...
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Dick Collins Firetrails 2014: slightly too fast. Or too slow...
Yes, this is an ambiguous title, isn't it? Please read on... and down to the end of the post... ;-)This was my first 50-miler 8 years ago and I was excited to be back on this "Fall Classic" course and...
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Tapering in Belize: resting and relaxing as part of the training regimen
I'm going to make an exception and hiatus in my "Running in..." series; I discovered a new country with Agnès, but didn't run at all! 8 full days of tapering, I have not done such tapering in a long...
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Marine Corps Marathon: meeting most of my goals
Marathon running... that's how it all started back in 1998! We had just moved from Paris to the Bay Area and it was initially for 2 years so I set a goal to run a marathon before moving back. Indeed,...
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The run must go on...
In my previous post, I retraced my marathon running history which started in 1998. Back then, I religiously followed the advice of my best doctor, my sister Marie: "no more than 2 marathons a year,...
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Running in Malta: North West Malta and the Victoria Lines
No, I didn't go back to Malta this weekend! This is just an old draft I have meant to come back to for a while but had other things to discuss about on my blog.As I mentioned in my other post about the...
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PAUSATF XC 29th Championship: sane running variety!
Sorry for all the acronyms in the title, let me expand for the non insiders: PA stands for Pacific Association (North California and Nevada), USA you probably know(!), TF for Track & Field and XC...
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Trot, trot, turkeys... Warming up the birds!
The running season is never really over, there are so many race opportunities in our country and in California in particular, we can race all year round nowadays!I used to take December off but, based...
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10th Silicon Valley Turkey Trot: fast birds ahead!
It was my 6th consecutive Silicon Valley Turkey Trot while this year marked the 10th anniversary of this tradition established by Carl Guardino, the CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group in 2005....
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Quad Dipsea 2014: no fall, almost...
I didn't really want to run the grueling Quad Dispsea this year, I was good with the 13 ultra races I ran so far this year (with one more to go in December), including 12 out of the 17 events which...
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Recovery or training? Hard to tell...
Yikes, it has been a while since I felt so sore after a race. You could think that the Dick Collins FireTrails 50-mile was much harder than the 28 miles of Quad Dipsea but my legs definitely thought...
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Desert Solstice 24-hour Invitational - Part 1: the technical context
This has been an amazing experience, there is so much to tell about that I'm going to split my "race report" into 2 parts for once. Indeed, there are a few important facts to establish so you can...
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Desert Solstice 24-hour Invitational - Part 2: my race
As I mentioned in my previous post, that was my first time racing for so long on a track. Last time was for the World Masters 10K in 2011, only 25 laps!After a busy November month, including adding...
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2014 in review: another amazingly productive year!
In wine making you cannot have so many outstanding years back to back as they are too many stars from Mother Nature to perfectly align. When you think of all the variables getting into play in ultra...
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2015 week 2: two ultras already, yeah!
1. Back to Black MountainUpon landing from Europe at SFO last Saturday and getting back home, I rushed outside to run 15K in the neighborhood, fast. I had run a few times in France but had not brought...
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Rhus Ridge: yet another solo ultra
I was reading an excellent piece from our National Jester (aka Ed Ettinghausen) in his own Run Jester Run Friends group page on Facebook (3,700 members!) about social runs and how to welcome (or...
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Coyote Hills Brazen Racing Half Marathon: a fast 50K for me!
As I wrote at the bottom of my long post last week, Greg was running his first half-marathon race this Saturday in Fremont, on the other side of the Bay. As I'll be traveling to New York city and...
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Rocky Racoon 100-mile trail Nationals: respect that distance!
Rocky Racoon is a race put by the Tejas Trails organization, in winter, 2 weeks after their other popular race, and also a USATF Nationals event, Bandera 100K. I had heard that it was a flat and fast...
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Jed Smith 50K 2015: nailed it!
After last week's DNF at Rocky Raccoon, I was hoping for a redemption run this Saturday. And for that, I was resolute to be more reasonable from a goal and pace standpoint, no matter what the...
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2nd Saratoga Fat Ass 2015: or is it dumb ass?
A barely took a break in December, just a few days while traveling through France and the Czech Republic over the Holidays, my ass didn't really have the time to put some fat on. Since the beginning of...
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