I have run over a dozen half marathons in the last 5 years. I’ve written about a lot of them in my blog, Running For My Life, and annoyed my friends with the constant tales from my training and from the races themselves. I’ve encouraged many to become runners and by others been told that if I bring up the running thing one more time they’re disowning me. But one time, I did something in ... Continue Reading
Tips for walking a half-marathon?
I walked my first race in Napa! Every few years I decide I want to attempt, again, to be a runner. I'm uncertain why---I think it's because I covet the freedom of the run, as I know (in my heart and in my piriformis) I am not a runner. I get the RUNNINGurge. I commit. I bail. (except for that one time but Ive realized that was an anomaly.) Finally, thanks to a move to Oakland ... Continue Reading