Nerd alert.

Ever since first seeing Band of Brothers (if you haven't, shame on you, and go get your hands on a copy!!), I got inspired to run up a mountain the company in the show did (several times a day). I figured if I was ever in Toccoa, GA, I'd run it - it apparently rises about 800 vertical feet over 3 miles. The run is to the summit, then ( Read more... )

yesterday- i ran the 12k of christmas, the 5k version, i did it in 32.07- second best 5k for me this year- i hadnt run a race or ran more than a mile on the treadmill ( but i play soccer 3x a week)since the Torchlight 8k- which was 98 degress outside at 6 pm in seattle and i did that one in 55.01 Sorry to those who didnt like me singing to the GLEE ( Read more... )

My husband and I just ran the 10k Dawg Dash yesterday, and I was thinking about maybe running another race in the next couple months. We're pretty new to races (We've only done the Dog Dash and the Torchlight Run), so I was wondering if any of you have a favourite run (or multiple runs). I'd love to hear about them, and I bet other Seattle ( Read more... )

inaugural Rock and roll marathon and half- this morning in Seattle wa USA ( Read more... )

Torchlight 8k -

I stumbled upon this today while trying to talk a co-worker into running this race -

If you register for this race on May 13th only - the registration fee is only $6!

Torchlight 8k

Six Dollars is a bargain for a fun race in July.

howdee all...

If anyone is interested in doing spur of the moment type things, I'm hosting the West Seattle Fat Ass 50K this Sunday (because seriously, who wants to watch the cardinals and steelers anyway?)

... at this point I'm beyond my 25 runner 'limit' so I'm just throwing that out the window and basically saying 'if you're interested, you can ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's not really Seattle, but has anyone had experience with the Tacoma City half marathon? It's on my list of planned runs, but have no idea what the terrain is like. Is it flat? Hilly?

For those of you that enjoying running on surfaces that are not man made please remember that along with all the other public offices up for bid tomorrow the position of State Commissioner of Public Lands is also on the ballot. I won't tell you how to vote but I will remind you of that buzz word everyone's been using all election season, "change."

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I don't usually venture into Lance Armstrong territory, but today while surfin' along I stumbled on to livestrong.org and saw that the next "Live Strong Challenge" (which I'm assuming will include a 5K like the Portland one did) will be here in Seattle come June 13th and 14th... it's far enough away where this post may seem silly but the site also ( Read more... )

I am trying to divest myself of stuff I don't use; this includes some back-issues of ultrarunning magazine. Some are a little worse for wear (some missing or torn covers; my kids are hard on anything not at least 5 feet off the ground) but I have ( Read more... )