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My 100th ultra, and my A-race for the year, the inaugural Bay Area 100M finally happened this past weekend! This race has been taking up so much of my mental bandwidth (and my family s?) for the past several months with Continue reading The post #100: Bay Area 100M Bonk, Burp & Bounce Back appeared first on freeradical.me .
My wife and I have been visiting Sea Ranch over the years and I ve always thought of a 50K run here, traversing the entire 10-mile strip along the Mendonoma coast. Two things happened, we were visiting this area and this Continue reading The post #99 Sea Ranch 50K, The Grand Traverse appeared first on freeradical.me .
Last time I ran Quicksilver 100K and/or the 100K distance was 10 years ago, where I finished in 14:17 without a whole lot of focused training with vert/distance. Was hoping for a stronger run this year and the training definitely Continue reading The post Quicksilver 100K an Adventure in Four Parts appeared first on freeradical.me .
Mt. Diablo has been beckoning me this April, as I ve been out there three times this month already Diablo 50K, then a prep hike in Mitchell Canyon and finally the Four Days Diablo adventure. The Four Days Diablo is Continue reading The post Travelogue: Hiking and Camping Four Days Diablo appeared first on freeradical.me .
The buildup towards the Bay Area 100M in June continues. Post Diablo 50K, I was able to get out and run back-to-back 18-milers in Sierra Azul, possibly the hardest and most exposed sections of Quicksilver 100K (in early May). Conveniently, Continue reading The post Bay Area 100M Training Run 50K appeared first on freeradical.me .
Mt. Diablo is one of those Bay Area peaks that s ever looming over the horizon. I ran my very first trail half marathon here back in 2012 and since then, been in love with this mountain, even camped out there Continue reading The post Getting Schooled at Diablo 50K appeared first on freeradical.me .
My last 50 miler was the Headlands 50M, in 2018, 8 years ago! As I mentioned in the last blog, running the Marin Ultra Challenge 50M is part of the buildup towards the Bay Area 100 miler in June. As Continue reading The post Reacquaintance at the Marin Ultra Challenge 50M appeared first on freeradical.me .
My last 50K was the California Classic 55K, just 16 weeks after rotator-cuff surgery. Since then I ve been slowly but surely building up toward the Bay Area 100M this June. The Skyline Ridge 50K (a fundraiser for the Bay Area Continue reading The post Vista Bound at Skyline Ridge 50K appeared first on freeradical.me .
I’m just a little more than five months past rotator-cuff surgery and the overall fitness rebuild has been steady and up and to the right. I used to run largely by feel and never had a heart rate monitor. But Continue reading The post Spectating Quad Dipsea Cookies with Ann Trason appeared first on freeradical.me .
I’m currently around 16 weeks post rotator-cuff surgery, with no running for the first 12 weeks, and then just 4 weeks of getting some much needed trail time and vert. My run this past Monday was about 13 miles with Continue reading The post California Fall Classic 55K Comeback Ultra! appeared first on freeradical.me .