Train Local, Race Local

Train Local, Race Local

Since I am just an amateur athlete juggling training with work, family and the numerous other demands of everyday life, jumping on a plane and jet-setting to Flagstaff, Mexico or Ethiopia for altitude training is not in the cards. Although I am fortunate enough to...
What’s Next?

What’s Next?

It felt like just yesterday that I was ringing in the New Year and now I already have two races under my belt and two more around the corner. If you read my Editor’s Note in the latest issue of Freeplay magazine you already know that I haven’t mapped out my races this...

Fun Runs…Fun Gear

It is no secret that I love to run. I have been running now for 27 years and I have no plans to stop anytime soon. Running enhances my life in many ways (physically and mentally) but one of the things that I love the most about the sport are the friends I have made....

Kicking of Fall in Truckee

We are just days away from fall but the temperatures in Northern California still say summer. In Sacramento cross country and cyclo cross racing are in full swing, morning runs are getting darker and darker and runner talk frequently centers around CIM (California...