James Joyce Ramble 10K Week 1 of 4

Whew! SacTown 10 Miles is in the book and now we're looking forward to the USATF Masters 10K National Championships at the James Joyce Ramble in Dedham, MA on April 30. I am not starting from the best place in terms of health OR fitness, but we've got four weeks so I'm definitely going to make the most of it! I'm a bit behind here but doing my best to catch up. 😬

In case you missed it, most of my worries about this April 30 10K have been around my nuts travel schedule in April and how I was possibly going to fit in enough running, particularly workouts, to make flying across the country for a 10K worth it. 

All that started at the end of March with a work trip to Milwaukee. I got back from Sacramento Sunday afternoon, then had three days at home before Don and I flew to Walla Walla for a wine party we've been attempting to get to with Don's mother since before COVID (since it was cancelled in '20, '21, and '22). 

And of course if you're going to fly all the way to Walla Walla for *one* wine party, it only makes sense to stay some extra days and do some additional tasting, amirite? 😆 Truly, friends, there were no bad stops on this trip. Every winery we tasted at was excellent.

Rotie! A fantastic stop! Highly recommend.

Race Report: SacTown 10 Miles 2023 (+ USATF Masters 10 Mile National Champs!)

Friends, this month has been and will continue to be rough in terms of work and travel, but I was determined to get this race report up in a more timely manner than the last one! Please enjoy.

Why did I sign up to run this race?

Like last year, SacTown 10 Miles was not only a Pacific Association long course race but also the USATF Masters National Championship race for the 10 mile distance, so I signed up to compete with my team. Last year I ran 1:16:47 here so I thought it would be fun to see if I could beat that time.

And then what happened?

March 2023 Reads!

Hello friends, I don't know about you but I am SO EXCITED that it is properly spring. The time has changed, my evening light is back (as an evening post-work runner I *super* appreciate this), and we've even had a few pleasant days of weather (in spite of all the bananas rain & wind we've been getting in SF lately).

March was a pretty solid month of reading, including several starred reads! As always, I am taking recommendations if you have any to offer.

In case you missed it...

January 2023 Reads February 2023 Reads
Reads from previous years

(19) The Last Guests by JP Pomare (336 pages, 2021). Audiobook. Lena & Cain, an Australian couple with money worries, reluctantly decide to put the family lake house Lena inherited up on a vacation rental site, a situation that is complicated by an increasingly problematic secret she is keeping from Cain. Then one night a harrowing experience at the lake house threatens to destroy everything. Has Lena’s secret finally come home to roost or is there something even more sinister going on? The premise here was a bit outlandish in my opinion and the ending felt sort of unbelievable and unresolved, as if this were intended as the first half of a book rather than an entire story.

(20) What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin (384 pages, 2016). Paper book.