I am attempting to record my running adventures while chasing my goal of running the Western States 100. I want to chronicle the joy of running with friends, the fun of running alone, and the excitement of running trails.

I run primarily in the Houston area, which suffers from a trail deficiency. I also spend some time in the Austin area. I love to race and I enjoy using races as training runs for other races. Occassionally, I will get over excited on my "training race/runs" and run too fast (go figure). Luckily, I have a trail-ultra running husband who understands this craziness and tries to keep me grounded (not to mention hydrated, rested, and paced properly.)

I want to share my ups and downs, my successes and failures and try to keep motivated to my ultimate goal. Plus, if I share all of my bone-headed mistakes with you-- you will not have to make them!



Thursday, August 26, 2010

Woo Hoo!

What does it say about the unbearable Houston climate that I am super-excited about 71 degrees?  I was super pumped this morning- the humidity was also lower.  This combination resulted in about a 8.5 minute pace for my five miler.  Heavenly. 

I am headed to Wichita Falls this weekend to run a 1/2 marathon trail run.  I am going there to support Bruce and Chief Chia who are riding a crazy 100K  (62) miles on bikes on Saturday, and running on Sunday.  Nut Jobs the both of them.  I will be (wisely) hanging with Denise on Saturday-- saving myself for the run on Sunday.  I am hoping for lower tempertures and humidity.....
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