I came into this half marathon with little to no expectations. With a pretty hefty race schedule on the horizon, I couldn’t really afford a taper. I signed up based on a deal with myself that it was a train-through tempo kinda deal. When I hit the 10k sign at 39 something, I was aContinue reading “The First Half Half-Marathon”
Category Archives: Adventures in Racing
On coming second at the World’s Toughest Mudder
WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS The course was beautiful. It was staged in a hilly patch of desert bordering a high-end golf resort. On one side you have this pristine green turf with palm trees and man-made waterfalls. On the other, just a whole lot of sand. Gorgeous in it’s own right but barren and without comforts. People on oneContinue reading “On coming second at the World’s Toughest Mudder”
The Dallas Beast Team Race: don’t mess with Texas
I ran the first year of the Whistler Tough Mudder… the one where we ran in knee deep snow and had to swim through slush. I ran the Spartan World Championship… the race that notoriously takes athletes to their knees with cramps. And I never really got cold. I’m from Northern Alberta for goodness sake.Continue reading “The Dallas Beast Team Race: don’t mess with Texas”
Sacramento Super, Triple Crown Race
The Sacramento Super is the first Spartan age group championship and part of what they call “The Triple Crown”. The crown is made up of the Spartan World Championship Beast in Vernont, the Super in either South Carolina or in Sacramento, and the team championship in Texas. One of the things I love about racingContinue reading “Sacramento Super, Triple Crown Race”
Warrior Dash World Championship
Not my best race… but far from the worst. It was very much a runners course and I began to realize the caliber of runners that showed up long before the gun went off while they were warming up. After watching a bunch of sleek muscular girls sprinting back and forth between zero-gravity, zero-bounce drillsContinue reading “Warrior Dash World Championship”
Warrior Dash World Championship preview
That was a first. A course walk through at a major OCR event. If anyone was going to do it, I’m not surprised Warrior Dash did. They’re like a hip version of your crazy uncle Larry. Complete with wrecking of beer and being all about cheesy hats. Warrior Dash really seems to go it’s ownContinue reading “Warrior Dash World Championship preview”
First at the first Canadian UltraBeast
Well friends, I made it to the top of the world… twice. For those of you who don’t know, Spartan Race Canada hosted it’s first ultramarathon distance obstacle course race in Sun Peaks this past weekend. The UltraBeast is two laps of the regular Beast course. After being up all night with a sick babyContinue reading “First at the first Canadian UltraBeast”
Spartan World Championship Race Report
The first and most nerve wracking obstacle was the crazy car cue up the hill to the race. I finally made it out of the car with 15 minutes to spare… which gave me just enough time to get my package and hoof it up the hill to the start line. I could hear themContinue reading “Spartan World Championship Race Report”
Pacific NW Spartan Race report – running with wolves
In my last race, the Seattle Warrior Dash, I was so calm it was freaky… but this race just freaked me out. Climbing into the same starting pen as Amelia Boone and Rose Wetzel-Sinnett is scary. Although I’m not sure why. Both are lovely people. The men’s elite heat took longer than they imagined andContinue reading “Pacific NW Spartan Race report – running with wolves”
Washington Warrior Dash race report
For some reason I wasn’t my usual pre-race nerve wreck of a self at the start line. My mood was more, “tea and snuggles” than it normally is – even before an easy run. Only the reality of the situation was that I was an overly-caffeinated and overly-competitive runner standing at the start line ofContinue reading “Washington Warrior Dash race report”
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