by admin | Nov 18, 2017 | Catch The Breez
“I have to be done running by 7:20am to take the kids to school or before 8pm to take the girls to gymnastics,” said Iain as I discussed the details of his weekly training plan in preparation for Rio Del Lago 100. Iain was training for his second 100 mile...
by admin | Oct 24, 2017 | Catch The Breez, Coaching
I love this time of year. After several months of training and racing I can finally take a deep breath. It’s been a long season and now you are finally ready to start shutting it down. Yee haw! But you don’t quite know what offseason training should look...
by admin | Aug 30, 2017 | Catch The Breez, Finish Strong Athletes
I am often impressed by my clients. They are always stretching themselves in ways that prove they are willing to work hard and put themselves in less than comfortable places. Such is the case with LWFS Athlete Tim Ruiz. Tim is still relatively new to trail racing. He...
by admin | Jul 8, 2017 | Catch The Breez, Coaching
“Mommy are you okay?” , I could barely hear the faint voice of my daughter Summer Blu coming through on a borrowed cell phone. I was standing just outside of Devil’s Thumb aid station at Western States 100. It was just after 5pm and at mile 48 I was over 12 hours...
by admin | Jun 18, 2017 | Catch The Breez
This past month I was speaking to a group of student athletes at Cal High in San Ramon about the sport of Ultra running and my experience with running the 100 mile distance. Most students knew nothing of the sport nor heard of anyone running 100 miles in less than a...
by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | Catch The Breez
Keeping My Head on Straight! It’s been four years since I’ve been out on the Lake Sonoma 50 mile course. I remember it being a tough hilly course with lots of exposed trails. It was hot that year, so it was DRY. I remember finishing the race with every last bit of...
