Don’t Call Me A Trail Runner
on January 8, 2010 by Elizabeth in Running in L.A., Comments (3)
I still remember when I’d get bored the moment I would walk into an REI store, mostly because it was not that long ago. Hiking was “eh” at best, and at worst it was all about imagining myself tumbling to my death down a hot, dry chaparral dirt mountain while my friends watched in horror. [...]
A Very Los Angeles Christmas To You Too!
on December 14, 2009 by Elizabeth in Races, Running in L.A., Comments (4)
I believe I got to see a couple of Los Angeles’ most iconic places through the back-to-back races I ran this weekend.
Saturday I got to run through the Santa Monica and Venice beachfront town and boardwalk. Though the usual California sunniness was drenched in rainy weather, you still got the sense of the picturesque, Los [...]
Two More Christmas Runs
on December 6, 2009 by Elizabeth in Races, Running in L.A., Comments (7)
I’m not usually one for the silly ritualistic impulses that grab many people during the holidays, maybe because I don’t need holidays to have silly ritualistic impulses, but I do have a thing for holiday runs.
I just came off of a two-race Thanksgiving holiday padded with some hiking (to scope out more running trails — [...]