I showed up and finished it. All in all it was a pretty good time. We started right at 7am on Tejon St. out in front of Poor Richard’s. As we headed north, I could feel a slight cramp in my left calf and started to compensate for it. We were [...]

Went for a quick run in Palmer Park on Thursday afternoon.  I need to up the frequency of my workouts, but can’t stand the treadmill.  I love going out and actually getting on some real trails and real hills.  I went from Lot 13 up Kinnickinnick Trail to Grandiew and back to the Overlook.  Then [...]

Almost! Josh and I planned on making back to back passes up the incline yesterday. I picked him up around 7 and we were in the Barr Trail parking lot at 7:20. It got warm pretty quickly yesterday and we made OK time up the first pass. The run down Barr [...]

I’ve been wearing some Montrail Hardrock shoes for trail runs.  They are pretty rigid and offer a ton of support.  However, they lack in cushioning and I’ve gotten some shin splints the last couple times I ran in them.  I threw on my old Asics Gel Trabuco VIII yesterday for the run on Ute Pass.  [...]

Was supposed to meet Josh and his wife at 8am at the cog depot yesterday, but they ran late and I went up alone. Felt a little easier this time than last, but still a killer haul up the first two sections of hill.
Gotta go get signed up for the Sailin’s Shoe 10K sometime [...]