Streak Day:733
YTD Mileage: 8 / 2017
(2112 miles for 2016)
October 8th, 2016: Oregon Coast 50k race day arrived. We picked up our 
packets in a meeting room at the lodge, shortly after the 7 am packet pick-up start. Packet pick-up was well-organized, and the volunteers were very friendly. The race registration for the OC 50k does not include a shirt, but registrants can buy a shirt or a hoodie at the time they register for the race. The registration site has a warning that items purchased at the time of registration will not be shipped to race registrants who cannot run the race for some reason, so one does take a risk paying for a race garment he may not receive if he orders it when he registers, but then has to miss the race for some reason. I accepted the risk and ordered a race shirt for Phillip and a Rainshadow Running sweatshirt for myself when I registered the two of us for the race. I slightly worried that somehow we would have a problem with the purchases when we picked up our packets, but all went 100% smoothly. Continue reading “Running Through the Mist: Oregon Coast 50k, Part 2”
Knowing that the 
for my next blog post to be a race report of that experience (it was an AMAZING experience). Having just presented the second of two gluten-free, grain-free homemade energy snack demonstrations at the NW Military Natural Grocers in San Antonio, without yet having published the recipes I demonstrated for the sweet, well-informed people who attended the demonstrations, I decided to delay the race report in favor of finally getting the energy snack recipes online. Healthy, portable energy snacks are very simple and quick to make. They are fun to make, too. By making your own nutritious high carb or high protein snack, you can combine your favorite ingredients to develop your favorite flavors. You can also adjust the amount of sugar, protein, carbs, and nutrients according to your individual needs. 
September arrived a few weeks ago, and finally the weather changed enough to offer a little hope that the coming months will bring real relief from the Hellish heat and humidity in which we’ve been running for the past few months. August was the absolute worse month, and the first weeks of September were nearly just as hot. Phillip and I actually took a little trip to Winter Park, CO, the first week of September just to get some relief from the heat. The weather up there was perfect, and the scenery amazing. We’re looking forward to our trip to Oregon, for the