For years I have noticed that the High Desert Cyclist have this annual ride to the beach…. to the beach…. from Palmdale.  It has always amazed me… I drive this […]

Tuesday night at the High Desert Runners’ Tuesday night track workout, I invented a new way to work some fun into a workout…  After our warm up, rather than prescribing […]

Every year the High Desert Runners sponsor a series of Cross Country races at Pelona Vista Park. Personally I have been competing in them since 2002…. probably. I have results […]

After the long hot ride of day 3 from the Sierra’s across the Sacramento Valley to the foothills, we woke to a nice cool morning…. another beautiful day for a […]

After another good breakfast… Clay and I got our bikes and got ready for day 3 – the LONG day. The ride was another net downhill…. but it was the […]

If you ever want to do a flat 64 mile bike ride… might I recommend the Tour of Long Beach. The course starts by the harbor and heads inland, this […]

Tuesday was our usual Tuesday night High Desert Runners track work out.  It was a very hot evening – 90+ degrees, at least when we started. So I chose a […]

In spite of my lack of training the last couple of weeks – cold one week and then family medical issues the next – I headed down to Griffith Park […]

A few of my friends run back to back races…. a few of them do this often…. I don’t. With a training plan that calls for 3 runs a week […]

If you read my last post…. a few hours ago… I said I should take it easy tonight. But still, I needed to coach the High Desert Runners’ weekly track […]

My last post was about a very strong Apollo Rising Run… that was Saturday a week ago. Subsequent to that I rode 20+ on the Elliptigo Sunday morning. I took […]

Yesterday I did the High Desert Runners Track Workout… For those new to the blog, I coach said workout every Tuesday night at 6 pm. I have done so for […]