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Cheering on the young runners at Dunlap Jog-a-thon
Category Archives: Running
Hipster Robie
For the last three years, I’ve run the Race to Robie Creek, a hilly and challenging half-marathon. It’s a fun event with something they call a party at the end then a school bus ride back to the start. After … Continue reading
Birthday Bash 2014 – Update 1
Last year, a friend and I decided it would be “fun” to celebrate our birthdays by running our age in miles through the foothills. We selected one large loop and almost no one joined us on the 33 mile run. … Continue reading
Ultimate = Wind Sprints
I used to play ultimate (frisbee) a lot. After enough sprained ankles and knees, I decided it was probably time to cut back a bit. I still enjoy getting out and throwing a disc about, but I haven’t played a … Continue reading
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Monthly Mile
These are the times from our Monthly Mile event as part of the Boise Area Runners. Join us on the first Tuesday of each month at the Boise High track at 6:00pm for this fun event to gauge how your … Continue reading
Track workout times
A helpful chart for gauging your 200m (1/2 lap), 400m (1 lap), 800m (2 laps) and 1600m (4 laps ~= 1 mile) times for a track workout. 5k 10k 200 400 800 1600 14:00 29:20 0:29 1:01 2:09 4:26 15:00 … Continue reading
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Birthday Run
To celebrate two May birthdays (32 and 33 years), we’re running a 32.5 mile race (with ~6,300′ of elevation gain). The Birthday Bash Dash is on May 18, 2013. Since the party at the end is the important part, we … Continue reading
Free beer run
Shu’s is putting on a St. Patty’s Day run on Friday, March 8. Everyone is meeting at the shop at 6:00 to run, then come back for beer and a prize drawing. Not a bad way to start the weekend. … Continue reading
First run of 2013
We didn’t run much when the trails were all icy, but as things thaw out, we’re back to it. Our first run will be Sunday, March 10. We’ll meet at Camel’s Back at 8:30. See you there.
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Hippity hop race
So last weekend I was looking for a race for June (I ran in May, I just haven’t written about it yet). There was a women-only run on Saturday but no other races. Luckily I found a race on Sunday. … Continue reading
2011 Resolution: Part 4 of 12 – Robie Creek
I had never run a half marathon before Robie. Last summer, Matt convinced me it would be a good idea to run Ragnar with him. I was volunteered to run the second longest set of legs at a total of … Continue reading
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