Amara in Training

Tag: personal development

  • Race Recap: Great Wall of China Half Marathon 2018

    Race Recap: Great Wall of China Half Marathon 2018

    TL/DR: I made it all the way to Beijing and picked up my bib. I even made it to the start line. I went up and down the Great Wall and back over in one piece. I finished the thing! This was my face before I knew what I was getting into: Now, for the…

  • On Moonshot Goals and Training Plans

    On Moonshot Goals and Training Plans

    Having followed Nike’s Breaking2 story for awhile now, as well as Runners World editor David Willey’s BQ efforts, has had me thinking about my own moonshot goals, especially since I’m not currently registered for an A-race. Dopey was my own moonshot goal for 2017, and maybe those only come around once every few years. My…

  • Race Recap/Week 25 Dopey Challenge: Whine Not A Marathon 2016

    Race Recap/Week 25 Dopey Challenge: Whine Not A Marathon 2016

    Week 26 was an absolute doozy! It was a finals week for my students, along with a Dopey simulation week. It also happened to be the week of my wedding anniversary. Timelines were squashed on top of one another, so I had to squeeze in my training in some funky ways. We were planning to…

  • Race Recap: Jackson Hole Half Marathon 2016

    Race Recap: Jackson Hole Half Marathon 2016

    My race in Jackson was my 30th. The Tetons were a beautiful backdrop to a particularly meaningful day. We drove in to Jackson from Denver the day before. I think this was the farthest I’ve ever traveled — by car –for a race. It was really scenic and allowed us to explore a bit. (We…

  • A Week in Niseko

    A Week in Niseko

    After being flogged at work and school for about six weeks straight, I was able to score a week or so off to hit up the slopes in Japan. It was my first international trip since I left LA, and my first trip to Japan, and it was awesome! The groomed beginner runs were challenging…

  • Protected: 2014: A Few Wins, A Few Losses

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  • Monday Morning Stand Up: Seafair Weeks 6-7-8 + Portland Weeks 1-2-3 2014 Training

    For lack of a better way to combine the concurrent training threads, I’m now officially lumping them both together in the headline. The last few weeks have been insanely bizarre. Not only is my sleeping schedule all over the map, but so is my schoolwork and work-work (because when you say it twice, it’s legit).…

  • 2014 Charity Fundraising Announcement: Stand Up to Cancer

    Hi folks! It’s that time of year again were I announce my fundraising efforts for the 2014 racing season. Since I have (haphazardly) already finished my first race of the season (with at least seven more to go between now and December) it’s time to unveil my charity of choice this year… A couple of…

  • Week 4+5 Seafair Sprint Tri Training: Just Show Up

    It seems like the weeks just zoom on by. Less than a month to Hawaii…and a month and a few days until Seafair. Oy vey! I’ve been pushing the distances a bit, presumably testing to see if I could even be ready for the Olympic distance instead of a sprint. I think it’d be a…