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Silicon Valley Turkey Trot 2016: thankful for being back on trot!
One sentence grabbed my attention in the few minutes before the start of our race this Thursday morning, from one of the event sponsors: "Don't take health for granted. There is no too slow of a pace...
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Quad Dipsea 2016: not worth it...
How dare I?! The venerable ultra Quad Dipsea not worth it? Oh no, I mean that I wasn't worth the Quad Dipsea today, just me, sorry...I knew I was taking a big risk by showing up this morning. I was...
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I've Been Moved part 1: bye bye Alviso!
If you stay at IBM for a while, you are certain to experience another meaning of the International Business Machine acronym: I've Been Moved, as we say when changing either location or organization......
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Compression socks: help debunk the myth
This is a call to all runners in the San Francisco area, to join a study aiming at clarifying the efficiency of compression socks. I was referred to this study by a friend but the logistic requires...
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50K redemption run: juggling with the pains
2 weeks before Quad Dipsea I was quite pumped up to ramp-up my training regimen after the 6-week break due to the sesamoiditis I contracted after the 24-hour Nationals in September. I had run 87 miles...
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Ramping up. And coming back.
I wish I could tell that I'm back to normal for good but I think that I learned I'll never be able to tell for sure. As we say "enjoy while it lasts..." And, certainly, I don't take health for granted...
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100 km/week obsession
I have quite a few metrics on my running dashboard but this one in the top 3. And it has become quite an obsession the past years. On a daily basis, I track the distance to this average and feel bad...
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A bit of winter cross-training
I certainly admit that cross-training is excellent for fitness conditioning but I'm not a big adept, preferring to focus on running and get significant training and racing volume. As a matter of fact,...
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10th PAUSATF MUT Grand Prix in the bag!
Way Too Cool 2016 was my first ultra race but it was only later that year that I heard about the Pacific Association USA Track & Field Mountain Ultra Trail Grand Prix, only participating for the...
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New Year One Day: 6 hours and 1 second to close on 2016
Can you imagine a 61-second minute on your watch? Well, that's what was supposed to happen at 4 pm Pacific with the clock showing this weird date of 3:59:60 PM or 15:59:60 on New Year's Eve. That was...
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2016 in review: I did more than surviving...
What a strange year, with some contrast with the previous fantastic ones I had from a running standpoint lately. I still managed to meet quite a few milestones which many would die for. Although ultra...
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Running in Dallas: downtown Trinity Skyline
It may appear like a misleading title knowing you can run miles away from downtown Dallas along the Trinity Sklyline.But the point is that this amazing system of trails is accessible just a few blocks...
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2017: I'm in! Big time...
As I alluded in previous posts, after several insane more-of-the-same years, I'm ready for some change in 2017. Not necessarily easing off yet, but getting off the main PAUSATF Grand Prix path which...
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Running in SoCal: Quicksilver Club reunion on the trails, in Thousand Oaks
Look who I found in Thousand Oaks this weekend: Fred, an ex Quicksilver ultra racing teammate who moved there a few months ago with his family! His wife also goes by Fred (for Frédrique) and did a few...
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Back on track. And struggling to get slower...
How dare I, what impudence with such a post title! But let me explain what I mean...First, amidst so much frustration with the current politics and direction of our country, what a joy and pleasure it...
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Jed Smith 50K 2017: still game but no match
I've quite a history with Jed Smith, not Jeddiah Smith the explorer, but that first race in our Pacific Association Ultra Grand Prix: that was my 9th consecutive participation this weekend! At the...
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Running in Saudi Arabia: working and... running at KAUST
I've written more than 100 posts in my "Running in..." series (see labels in the right margin) and I love when I hear a runner letting me know he or she used the local tips. Well this one may be the...
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Fourmidable 50K Trail Nationals: formidable mud fest!
Wow, what a winter we got this time. Although so much water represents a blessing for California after 5 years of drought, I'm still wondering how much of it finds it way back underground where we...
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Riverbank One Day: from screwed underdog to crewed sick dog
One week has passed and I'm still not sure how the switch happened. Let me start with the non alternative facts...Agnès was supposed to come but, after crewing for me at the FOURmidable 50K trail...
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2nd Saratoga Fat Ass 2017: working around the weather
First, let's get the record straight: after 3 major races in February (a sub-3:20 50K at Jed Smith, a Masters win at the 50K Trail Nationals 2 weeks later and 111 miles at the Riverbank 24-hour the...
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