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Join OrganicAthlete in running 13.1 miles through beautiful Sonoma County. Whether it's your first half marathon or you are a distance running veteran, you'll have a great time running this race with OrganicAthlete.
OrganicAthlete will help you prepare to run with a group training plan and regular group runs. Contact sonoma@organicathlete.org for more information about joining our Healdsburg Half Marathon team.
The Portland chapter is picking the Run Like Hell half marathon as our first fitness challenge event. Seasoned runners and those new to running are encouraged to join us in training for the half marathon, 5k or 10k.
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Come celebrate the 6th running of the Run Like Hell Half Marathon 10K and 5K.
Tired of pills, potions, and powders? Don't be because you don't need them. This 1 hour seminar will cover how to all the fuel and nutrition you need to thrive from whole foods.
So where do you get protein? In this talk, we'll uncover how politics, money, and misinformation have misled the American public on the importance of protein in one's diet. It's not as important as you might think!
Meet at the West County Revolution Bike Shop at 7pm for this informative talk.
Think vegans are just scrawny, pasty people who don't get enough protein. Think again! Learn why a whole foods, plant-based diet is not only possible, but optimal for health and athletic performance. Discover why many of the best athletes in the world consume a plant-based diet without animal products.
Meet at the West County Revolution Bike Shop at 7pm for this informative talk.
I remember the last hot dog I ate. I barfed afterwards.
Having been vegan now for going on 6 years, I sometimes wonder why it took me so long to give up eating dead animal flesh. I know why. Meat embodies the values of the consumer culture I grew up in. As much I like to think I'm a nonconformist and free thinker, when it came to meat, I was with the in crowd.
Justin and I skipped the Tuesday Night Criterium to race at the Empire Runner's Summer Track series instead. This was my first track and field event ever. In hopes of doing well at a few duathlons later this year, I'm trying to step up my running game.
OrganicAthlete invites you to experience the possibility of health without suffering, of life with compassion, of performance without compromise, of sports with purpose. OrganicAthlete is forming training groups these upcoming events this Fall in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Perhaps its because of the "offical" summer solstice but I finally feel like I'm finally fully acclimated to the Austin summer weather. It felt AWESOME today to get out and run for two hours including mile intervals and hill repeats at noon in 100 degree's and be LOVING the heat!
I now have a new watch with 3 independent alarms on it so I should totally be covered now for waking up for races haha. Officially I got 88th but un-offically (and in my heart) I got 32nd. For the last 30K of the series on the 29th I'm shooting for around 20th but we'll see if anything wacky happens again!
Justin, Bradley, Charity and I spent Sunday morning at the Fitch Mountain Footrace 10k. Justin crushed lots of people to win his age group and take 4th place overall. I ran slowly and placed 2nd in my age group. Not a bad day. Check out the video...
Charity asked me last night, "what do you notice when you first wake up in that moment when you first come to consciousness?" I woke up this morning trying to get back to unconsciousness. Tired, hungry, and sore after yesterday's Grasshopper, I had an idea that I would do a long run as the final preparation for the Auburn duathlon in two weeks time. As I rolled out of bed, I wondered if that was the best idea.
Wake up at 6:40am.
Roll out of bed at 7:00am.
Eat a banana or two. Have some orange juice.
Hop on the bike at 7:30.
Do running race at 8:30.
Wait around for silly ribbon for winning my age group.
Ride home.
Have food.
Take nap.
Get back on the mountain bike at 3:30pm.
Go for a 4 hour ride (I'm getting ready for the 16 hour Shannon Ridge Showdown in October).
Go to Slice of Life for dinner.
Last night I did my longest, most hilly run in a very long time. Perhaps it was too long and hilly for my new shoes - the Newtons. I have to say it was fun though. I enjoyed running over the road I'm accustomed to riding over.
At what felt like a good endurance pace, I ran about 8 minute miles. This is close to my goal for the Auburn Duathlon, which is also very hilly. It's now 4 weeks from the event. I'm going to do one more long run, then try to get my speed up. We'll see how this goes.
I arrived at the beautiful and historic Royal Roads University early, well slept and carbed up.
Decked out in OA green from head to toe. After a 15 min warmup my persistent old ankle injury was really bothering me and I was noticing a slight twinge of pain going down along the outside of my foot. I had Cara Obee kindly tape it up for a small donation to Doctors Without Borders. It felt quite stable after but I still had
my concerns. Nearly 12k of climbs and descents lay ahead.
Justin and I went for a hilly run in Seattle today, my first run over 30 minutes in over a year. The downhills destroyed my legs, but it got me looking forward to the Duathlon.
without a singular good reason, but a combination of small ones, my training became very lax in early december. cold temperatures, snow, ice, women *cough*.... but i did still manage to get out the door from time to time. a little hiking, xc skiing, cycling, and mostly running. i had a bunch of very specific runs to do this month on the running track, but since it has been a sheet of ice, i had to substitute it out for some frolics on the local creek paths. but all in all its been okay.
