September 13, 2016
Ryan Ghelfi Pine to Palm 100 – Ginger Runner Live
Stoked to hear Ryan Ghelfi talk about the local 100 miler here, Pine to Palm 100!
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September 4, 2016
Running the Mt Ashland Hillclimb: 13.5 miles long, 1 mile up!
So I’ve been a bit out of the running scene. I’ve managed to have a slight pain in my Plantar, so I haven’t been putting in the miles… I wasn’t going to do this race even though I signed up for it 6 months before with all the ambition in the world to dominate myself in it. I just hadn’t been feeling like stressing my feet more than I should and end up with some kind of “life long debilitating deal” that will not allow me to continue a semi-active life… After watching every known yoga video and physical therapist on YouTube talking about Plantar Fasciitus, I took full responsibility to heal up as well as I could and just maybe run this race. I stopped running long distances in mid June and began stretching, massaging and strengthening my feet as best I could. I ran shorter distances in a variety of shoes and even a few runs in my Xero 4mm sandals to keep my feet strong and flexible.
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September 4, 2016
Show Your GPX on a Map with WP GPX Maps
If you track any of your activities with a gps, then you most likely are able to export the tracks into the GPX format. You can easily show these tracks in WordPress with the WP GPX Maps Plugin. This was a great find to easily show my GPX tracks right inside blog posts. Thanks to the Authors!
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April 25, 2016
30K Lost Creek Trail Run – Running in Southern Oregon
I’ve been running for the better part of a year now and am really enjoying it. Since the start of this path in my life, I’ve set goals. My first goal was to run a 10K, so I signed up for and ran the Santa Cruz Trail Run. Next I was set on running a half marathon (13.1 miles), so I found one while in Grants Pass and ran it, though I’ve completely given up on road running since finding the flow in the woods! Next up was the 30K. I had been running long runs in the 20 mile range, this fit in just perfectly and the trail is amazing, so I thought I’d share the loop. If you are a trail runner, this is a super fun race to get in on. They even have a 50k if you are inclined.
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April 6, 2016
Bolt Mountain – Running in Southern Oregon
Early on in my training for the Mount Ashland Hill Climb, I decided to run the Bold Mountain trail. This is a an out and back 6.5 mile run. Parking is either just inside the Fish Hatchery Park day use area (need a day or season pass) or just outside on the side of the road away from neighbors driveways.
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January 5, 2016
Inspiration from the Ginger Runner – Cascade Crest 100
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January 5, 2016
Getting Back into the Swing of Things
During the holiday season, Thanksgiving through New Years that is, my fitness and focus on fitness tend to decline (unless there is a lot of snow “powdayz!”). I am seeing a pattern here 🙂 I think I am going to just go with it. For about 1 month out of a year I am going to take a break and NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. That’s hard for me… I love to feel like I am staying in shape, more than that, I love to be in shape… ready to tackle most anything with my buddies or, sadly, possibly in an emergency situation. It’s all about being prepared. Always training.
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November 19, 2015
Went for a run without my phone!
I run 3 to 4 days a week to stay in decent shape. I work with computers 5 days a week, plus a long evening often on the weekend with some of my own projects which often negates the amount of exercise I get. Needless to say, I am connected to the max!
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October 30, 2015
13.1 Grants Pass Half Marathon
After running the 10k in Santa Cruz, I wanted to keep going by upping the miles, so I visited the half marathon training plan Hal Higdon has and stuck to it for the next few months. I was running more hills than the Grants Pass half marathon had in it, so I felt I would do just fine. I was pumped to again get to experience all the energized folks at the race. We took off from the All Sports Park (Reinhart Park) on a cold (I wore a thin patagonia wool base layer) morning and ran into town and then out Lower River Road. A few miles of the run you are on the Rogue River, then you cruise into some large farmlands before turning up to Upper River Road and the mostly down and flat few miles back to Reinhart Park.
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August 4, 2015
10K Santa Cruz Trail Run
I needed some new way to expend energy and stay in good shape after a ditch gap gone wrong on my mountain bike. My hand had a new hole in it and I couldn’t hold the handle bars. Running is really popular in Auburn California, the town we were living near in Northern California. I started on the road, but soon found I loved the dirt trails on my feet as much as I liked them on my SB95… almost. 🙂
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