Posts Tagged With: trail
Remission Rocks – 5K
For event #9 of 10 to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, I ran a 5K charity that benefits the LLS through Team in Training. How meta is that? My friend Brad from the VineTeam put on this short trail race as part of his fundraising for IronMan New Zealand in 2012 (he’s raising … Continue reading
Noble Canyon 50K
In 2009, I overdid it running two marathons and one ultra in addition to many shorter races. For 2010, I promised myself I wouldn’t do any marathons and would only do one ultra. In addition to staving off burn-out and injury, this would tie up my score for marathons vs. ultras to 4-all. The Noble … Continue reading
Heartbreak Ridge 1/2 Marathon
The Heartbreak Ridge 1/2 Marathon is part of a series of races held on the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base. I had heard it was a hilly course, but having run Pier to Peak twice, I figured it couldn’t be too bad. I really was not sure what to expect of this course though and … Continue reading
Mission Gorge (15K)
For a day that started off badly (intestinal distress!) this was a pretty good race for me. It had been over a year and a half since my last trail race and I’m trying to get back into it a bit, so this local event was a perfect opportunity to do so. As I said, … Continue reading
Santa Monica Mountains (50K)
Well, the plan was to do 9 Trails again, but some genius college kids decided to have a bon-fire at the Tea Gardens in the Santa Barbara foothills and then not put it out properly. During an extremely dry season. So, a huge fire tore through large sections of the foothills, destroying homes in the … Continue reading
9 Trails – 35 mile endurance trail run
Pardon me if I write a small novella here, but this is the race I’ve been looking forward to (dreading maybe?) since April. 9 Trails is a 35 mile trail run through the foothills of Santa Barbara. It conveniently starts about 2 miles from my apartment, goes out 17.5 miles practically to Carpinteria and back. … Continue reading
Santa Cruz Mountains – 29K
Nice run! Felt great finishing. Two women kept me going fast. They’d beat me on the uphill, and I’d catch them on the down hill. Going in I figured for about a 2:45 run at best, but I thought this would be more difficult on the down hills. Not to say that the race was … Continue reading
Malibu Scramble – 14 mile trail race
This race is part of the XTerra series. It was recommended to me by a friend and rightfully so. It’s a fun run and had good scenery. It has some really runable terrain. But there is one steep 3-mile uphill that kind of wears you out, then it levels out for a bit and then … Continue reading
Montana de Oro – 25K trail race
This was a great race. And my first trail race. It’s hard to predict how long it will take you to do a trail race if you’re not familiar with the terrain. I figured somewhere between 2:40 and 3 hrs. Well, I was tracking mileage with a Nike+ sensor on my shoe which tends to … Continue reading