Interessen

• music festivals
• environment
• live music
• hiking
• trail running
• volunteering
• road trips
• adventure travel
• beaches
• learning new things
• sushi
• tiny houses
• learning new languages
• cheap eats
• green tea
• sustainable living
• skimboarding
• teaching english
• cooking and baking
• learning spanish
• cheap travel
• dmb
• clam digging

Musik, Filme und Bücher

DMB, Frank Sinatra, Incubus, Soundgarden

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Ran a 30K trail race with barely any training (after being sedentary for the past couple of years) last weekend (08Oct17). I hadn't even done a 5K, not even a 1K, prior to participating in the Oregon Coast 30K! Eeeeekk!

I must admit, it's not the wisest move (the no-gradual-progression part, I mean), but I still feel a great sense of accomplishment after enduring the run (let's just not ask my body for any opinion on the matter).

I'll let you in on my experience a bit:

I was the last one to make the cut off at the last aid station.
The sweepers caught up to me on my way down the Amanda's trail. I just walked the rest of the way from there. I think I broke the record of making it to the finish line with the longest time!! 😄

I was still quite sore the morning of the race as I was still recovering from running the entire course in segments earlier that week (Monday through Wednesday)....yeah, I know.

My right knee didn't want to be subjected to any more of the obtuse "torture" leading up to Sunday, and was doing everything in its power lobbying for a DNS!!! 😵
Even my Garmin followed suit and decided not to cooperate throughout the entire race!! 😳

I only got about 4 hours of sleep the night before and was unable to warm up before the race. Perhaps not eating anything but sugar pills and jelly beans (except for a bunch of grapes during my first stop at the aid station) did not help either? 😶

I met a couple of people towards the end of the race. We knew we were going to be the last 3 finishers and didn't really care too much about making it back to Adobe by 4pm. We were just ecstatic to have made the final cut off!!😀 We took in the views on our way up the St. Perpetua trail. We even took a "group selfie" at one of the lookout points! ☺

We're planning on doing it again next year to try and beat our time. I say it will be a relatively easy goal for me, seeing that my recorded finish is 7:40:00! Hahahahha! Also, I'll make sure to actually train next time around, and NOT run the entire 30K course less than a week before the event itself! 😆

You learn something new everyday...and I'm definitely grateful for the lessons this foot race has very generously bestowed upon me. ❤️

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

laughs, stories, adventures, music, memories, cooking skills

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Canada, Mexico, Philippines, United States

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Canada, Philippines, United States