Category: Running

I am looking forward to Triple Tahoe. It will be exciting. I haven’t packed or prepared anything and that will need to be completed tonight to make sure that I can still pick up or buy what I will be missing. We have a few hours in San Francisco so we can always drop by … Continue reading The 6633 Ultra 2007

From Paul this morning: "It is only a triple marathon, you should not prepare too much for that!" Right on! Continue reading Preparedness? Ah.. who needs it?

Photograph by Emily Bryden We are two weeks away from the Tahoe Triple. I am not ready… or maybe I should simply say that I am as ready as I am going to be. I am not sure what prompted me to sign up for the Triple Tahoe… oh yes, I remember: the desire to … Continue reading Triple Tahoe Prep: We are ready or are we?

There will be no running tomorrow. I was planning on doing the 5 Peaks half marathon tomorrow but Clinton – the cat – is sick and needs a vet trip… Continue reading No running tomorrow

Running Updates Sunday August 20 – Saturday August 26– Clare: 29 km (20)– Imran: 10.5 km (10)– Leila: 50 km (50)– Melina: 28 km (15)– Mr. T: 80 km 105.5 km (50) A record for Mr. T!– Paul: 59 km (25)– Sutha: 6 km 14 km (40) The number between brackets is your goal; the … Continue reading Running Sunday August 20 – Saturday August 26

From an LA Daily article via Scott: Covert gets up at 5 AM. He spent the past 38 years and 23 days running. Every morning. He ran more than 130,000 miles in total.The consecutive-days running streak, which began the year he graduated from Burbank High in 1968, is the longest of its kind in the … Continue reading Covert’s record

Nothing like a 5km run to the office to start the day! I will be in my running gear non-stop for the next 5 weeks – that’s how much training I still need to complete for the Triple Tahoe. I am aiming for 10km daily and a long run this weekend (50km) since I failed … Continue reading Running

George Ambler over at The Practice of Leadership has a great post about "how to develop your personal growth plan." Go read it. I am a big fan of mentoring. His post is quite timely as I was thinking about a growth plan for someone I am mentoring as well as for myself – in … Continue reading The long run weekend

Marathon 365This is Richard Bottram’s undertaking: on July 30, 2006 he started his 365 marathon project in Europe. His goal? A daily marathin in over 14 European cities to a total of 15,401 km in memory of his wife Elise Bila who died of lung cancer in 2004.Richard will be running in: Holland, Germany, France, … Continue reading A Marathon a day for a year!

“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” Faith: we will cross the Triple Tahoe finish lineReality: it is a triple marathon you fools! Be … Continue reading The Stockdale Paradox