When there is a race in my backyard, I can't help but run it. Last weekend there were two. First was the Oakland Running Festival, whic...

Current Book - Half Broke H ors es by Jeannette Walls -- I loved The Glass Castle and am so far liking this book, even though it'...

I am excited to say that I got through Hell and high mileage, that is, the high mileage week that was last week. I ended up running 6 days,...

I used to travel a lot. If you are a new reader, you probably didn't know that. You were probably wondering why this blog is called Tra...

Today I had one of those "oh s**t" moments, where I thought that the Boston Marathon was next weekend and I was worried that I ha...

Happy Spring everyone ! I mentioned last week about how one of the things I love is trail running and what better time to do it than in th...

Today marks the start of the 15th week of Boston training. For those of you who have followed an 18 week training schedule, you know what t...

You have already heard about the things I love several times, so here I am back again, with a list of things that I don't love, in no ...

- Trail Running . Palos Colorados Trail - Greek yogurt with honey . I have been buying the plain Fage from Costco and adding my own...

I got a bike. It is not a new bike. In fact, from what I can tell from the interwebs, it is a circa 1980 road bike. It looks like this: ...

I haven't done one of these Looking Forward posts in a while, but was just thinking about how much I am enjoying life right now, even t...

This weekend I went skiing. It was fun. Did you know that skiing costs about the same amount (and more in some cases) as running a mar...

Lately I have been feeling a bit like I don't have time for the things I like to do. I know that I have definitely been blogging less. ...

It's a big secret. It's a "race" that doesn't have a website, that you don't pay for, and that doesn't have a...

Current Book - Those Who Save U s by Jenna Blum -- so far this book is EXCELLEN T and I can barely put it down! I am about half way t...

Remember the last half ? The one where I fell? Well I guess I hadn't had enough because I went back to the scene of the crime for more,...

A few days ago, I kind eavesdropped on Amber's virtual coffee date. She did most of the talking, but I really enjoyed it, so I thought...

This weekend I had a really great run along the San Francisco Bay Trail . This is 500 miles of shoreline trails around the bay. The trail d...

I must have done something wrong because this weekend it was one of those weekends where all kinds of weird stuff happened. Friday started ...

I work with a lot of recent college grads. On the other hand, there are quite a few people who are closer to retirement than college. It...