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PAUSATF LDR 2016 Awards Banquet: 10th MUT GP in a row!
Here is a belated post to cover this event which occurred 2 weeks ago already, but it was on a Sunday evening and I couldn't get this done before getting back to my first job, and especially an intense...
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Bird conference in Palo Alto. And a quarterly checkpoint.
So much going on in our lives, bot for Agnès and I, at work and outside, I'm again falling behind my weekly posting pace. A quick one before a big running day tomorrow, to report on a couple of 50K...
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MadCity 100K Road Nationals 2017: foolish, stubborn, lucky
While running these championships, the 3 keywords I had planned on using in the title were: foolish, shameful and ridiculous but I'll come back on that later, read on!First thing first, let's talk...
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Running in Bloomington, IL: Constitution Trail
Between the recovery after the fiasco at last week's 100K Nationals and the tapering for the Boston Marathon this morning, plus quite a few miles of driving from customer meetings in Wisconsin to the...
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Boston Marathon 2017: wow!
Wow, as I start writing this race report, I imagine it to be a long one. Such a legendary race and event, so many memories coming back, and so many new memories formed which I want to capture in...
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Ruth Anderson 2017: rushing through life!
I was going to attribute that quote to Abraham Lincoln, but after reading a 2-page dissertation from Quote Investigator, I'm confused about the origin and will leave it unattributed: "It's not the...
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Running in Los Angeles, California: Hollywood's Griffith Park
Here is one of the most iconic urban hills with its giant letters which everyone has seen many times:Way more popular than our local San Bruno Mountain with the South San Francisco letters, isn't...
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Miwok 100K 2017: great hill training at least!
At least or, after 3 road races in April (100K Road Nationals, Boston Marathon and Ruth Anderson 50K) and no hill running on trails since the 50K Trail Nationals in February, great hill training at...
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Quicksilver 100K 2017: a cool home run!
I already made him a centerpiece me my last race report last week, I should keep learning from this guru in our ultra running industry, Mark Gilligan (founder/owner of ultrasignup.com): take it easy,...
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Ohlone 50K 2017: back at it, to it and on it for the 30th!
Back at it: it had been 8 days since I raced an ultra, it was time to race again, albeit half the distance of my last two races in May, just 50K!And one year has passed, time to get back to this Ohlone...
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Memorial Weekend: recovery and training tips, maybe
"You are crazy!" that's what a cyclist said while passing me on the way up to Saratoga Gap on Highway 9. I don't think he was referring to the fact I was running on such a busy road because I believe...
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Back to Stevens Creek: another 100-mile work week...
I used to do more of these 100-mile weeks 10 years ago, so I'm happy when I can squeeze one in as it's not getting any easier. Still not much elevation (about 5,500 feet of elevation this week),...
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Global Running Day @ IBM SVL: 300 miles in the bank!
Oh, no, I didn't run 300 miles today, just 5% of that, but the point was to get as many colleagues to run, or walk, and log as many miles as a group. Since it was a first for our site, there was no...
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Montagn'Hard 107K 2017: tamed that beast, finally!
More than 5 weeks without posting, how sloppy is that for a blogger aiming at weekly updates... I feel really bad about it but at least it's not that I've been injured, I certainly did run in the...
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Running in Cape Town #1: tricky and steep hike on the Lion's Head
I landed at 1 pm in Cape Town on Friday, after leaving Paris at 7 pm the day before (connection in Frankfurt and Johannesburg) and, by 4 pm, I was ready to explore one of the key hills or mountains...
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Running in Cape Town #2: Waterfront and Boardwalk rather than downtown
I love leveraging my passion for running to discover the new countries and cities I visit, and share what I see for those who can make the trip. Unfortunately, there are a few places where running on...
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Running at JNB: Jones Road
My first flight out of 3 to get back home from Namibia got delayed by 3.5 hours at Windhoek so I got stuck at JNB, Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport for a night and a day. But that's not...
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Running in Swakopmund, Namibia: back and forth the water front
I'm just back from an amazing 6-day tour of Namibia but I had very sparse Internet connection so here is an after-the-fact post from my run in Swakopmund, last Friday.As you can guess from this...
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Back home for a last tune-down before Skyline 50K
After 5.5 weeks out of the country, it felt good to be back home and reconnect with my usual running routes and routine. Traveling has been amazing, with so many opportunities to see family and friends...
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Skyline 50K 2017: another gut story!
64th 50K race, 11th Skyline 50K participation, 146 ultra races under my belt, you'd think this is routine. Well, what I love about ultra running, os simply running as we've seen with the World...
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