One of my earliest memories is of my mom yelling at me “ Carol, don’t run in the house!!” At some point, I took it out to the streets, and eventually to the trails, and have been out there ever since. It’s almost religious although I prefer to refer to my time on the trails […]
On Birthdays and the Passage of Time
By Carol Patterson I just had a birthday – my 77th to be exact. It was kinda’ sorta’ like any other day – but it set me wondering what exactly is it that we are celebrating and measuring here? Is it just the passage of time? Yes, well no, it’s not the only thing. Is […]
Member Highlight – Usha Kreaden
by Carol Patterson: I first met Usha Kreaden about 4 years ago; we were both bringing up the rear of one of the Castle Peak 100 practice runs through Euer Valley – Usha, somewhat new to trail running and me, in my usual spot – bringing up the rear. Neither of us have a 100 […]
The Muddy MUC 25k
As I slogged along the muddy MUC this year, it was raining – hard, to hardly, then back to hard again – from beginning to end. I wasn’t sure I was ready for MUC this year – hadn’t run much, I’d gone skiing in CO in early February then down with a bad cold for […]
Run the Alps
I had good intentions – notes to self every day, cogent reflection on my Alps ‘runcation’ experience in periodic posts to Facebook (FB) with photos of the day so everyone at home could vicariously experience the Alps with me. That lasted 2 days – maybe 3. I’ll tell you why: I found no words to […]
Keeping the Goal In Mind… Alps runcation training
So, in my last note to you, I reveled in the post race flush of finishing the Canyons 25K upright and in one piece, i.e., no falling, tired but got the job done. That was one tough “go”, especially the uphill return trip to Foresthill and the finish. Next on the “Alps runcation” training schedule […]
Canyons 25k Race Report
To get ready for my alps “runcation”, I signed up to run a race every month through the summer, thinking it will help me stay on track with my training…. you, know, little mini-goals to advance me toward the real goal of not embarrassing myself in front of a bunch of 30 year old gazelles/ibex […]
Marin Ultra Challenge 25k Race Report
This is really the first in a series of musings about my running life. No, I’m not taking you waaaaay back to when it all began;. just this year: 2018. Actually, it started in November 2017 – minor detail – I signed up to go on a “runcation” with runthealps.com. They have 7-8 different trips; I […]
Sierra Crest 30K Race Report
Skiing Mt Rose from top to bottom without stopping, I could barely breathe when I finally struggled into the bar. After considering this situation over a beer and several cigarettes, I decided to start running. But it was not cool for girls to run in the 60’s, so I pulled on some tennis shoes and […]
