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Goofy Challenge: Been there, done that!
When the wake up alarm startled me out of bed. my body screamed, Excuse me!? Yes, body, it IS 3:40AM, and no, not the 12:40 AM it would be if you were still at home, cuddled up in your cozy bed in California. No-no, so sorry. I am afraid that there is no more […]
Ho ho ho, the taper…..
It is late December. If I go out for my morning run early enough, there just might be a glimpse of frost on the sand. Today I am lucky. For this taper, I prefer runs by the sea, choosing a course that is flat and fast: perhaps along the stretch by the Great Highway. […]
Stalking the Rose
On this particular morning, the sky was clear, the air was cool and an unexpected surge of nervous excitement was coursing through my legs. It would normally be a day for running fast but when I set my legs into motion, the ache almost everywhere let me know that warp speed was no longer on […]
Ready? Set? Go?
Am I ready for Disney? I honestly have no idea but i do know that I am a lot closer than I used to be. One of the many things that I love about running is how you can teach your body to do things that you never dreamed it was capable of doing and […]
The 10K….
What I learned at my 10K today~ Don’t run as fast as you can because it is only six miles, because it is still six miles and if you run too fast at the start, the coffee you had on the way over won’t feel like it should. OK duh. But hey….. it happens. Thinking […]
Happily I Surrender~ Run More, Run Slower
Friday I was to run 9 and run 9 I did but despite headphones, shorter intervals, or even making the intervals slow and the rests fast, I would find myself lost in thought before the Garmin beep summoned me to the next lap. What was I doing? Ah yes, running fast. But that isn’t how […]
Half Moon Bay Half: road race for trail runners
I had originally envisioned my Half Moon Bay Half as graduation day of Phase 1 of the Donna Schumacher Goofy Challenge Training Plan, testing out the train less-but-fast philosophy which I did and I was. ~ So there! It was such a “pretty” race, what with a route along the cliffs above the Pacific […]
Run, Yoga, Run, Swim, Run, Run, Rest: Repeat
Take sixteen weeks of the FIRST Marathon Training Plan, add three national holidays, spice with one marathon, one half marathon and one 10k, fold over twenty eight weeks of the Official Disney Goofy Race and a Half Challenge Training Program, marinate in two running buddy schedules and VOILA! the Donna Schumacher’s Goofy Challenge Training Plan!! […]
Take 2: Double Disney
Once upon a time, I eagerly showed up at my running club for the Disney raffle, hoping for a pink T-shirt with the word “princess” written in rhinestones across the front. Instead, I came home with an entry ticket to the Goofy Challenge, a half marathon followed by a marathon, back to back with only […]
Free at YBCA
The elegance of Taraneh Hemami’s window installation for the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is translation of an often contentious season of contemporary politics into a dazzling and contemplative work. Entitled FREE, the enormous radiating star of laser cut pattern overtakes the façade of the museum window with an ebullient celebration of Arab Spring. […]
Moving to Montana soon…….
Will I be a dental floss tycoon???? Mmmmm Montana: My Missoula Marathon seemed to have it all, making it a first to remember. big blue sky gentle green grass hills sunlight sparkling on the rushing river waters honey colored horses back lit by the sun waiting as we crested the hill a zig zag […]
Top 10 things I love about running!
# 1 PEOPLE WILL GIVE MONEY TO SUPPORT A CHARITY YOU LOVE In my case, that would be Ecodana and a grassroots Agarwood plantation in Borneo. Hint HInt. Somewhere along the way, a tradition developed that allows endurance athletes to solicit donations for worthy causes under the umbrella of their upcoming race. I like it. […]