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24 hours of running for a worthy cause by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Megan Myers was a 14-year-old freshman at Dana Hills High School when she collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest while running a cross-country race in September 2007. Mega ... Read on »

Leona Divide 50-miler by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Charlie, Olga me and George the evening before the race near Lake Hughes, northeast of Los Angeles. New race director Keira Henninger and all of her amazing volunteer ... Read on »

Back on track by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running My "home trail" for training, the Santiago Truck Trail, Orange County I have three upcoming races and hope to be doing a lot more running than I have in the last six ... Read on »

Twin Peaks 50/50 by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running I have signed up for the Twin Peaks 50-miler on Feb. 13 -- a Valentine's Day gift to myself as I work my way back into a more consistent race schedule. Foot and knee issue ... Read on »

Vibram sweepstakes announcement by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running I have been lame lately at blog updates. Am getting ready for the Chimera 100 miler (not really) so here's something to chew over, courtesy of the good folks at Vibram: ... Read on »

Saddleback Marathon by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running It's been a while. I have been too busy to keep my postings up to date, but plan to be better about it. Lots of stuff going on. I have been slacking on the running, so I ... Read on »

Hi pam! by Greg H. Patient Expert

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Gina and Fidel by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running High anxiety: Armando Armenta, Gina Natera's husband, sweats it out. All photos in this post by Kenneth Steinhardt, OC Register, except for Gina's pix, which was plucked from ... Read on »

Chimera 100-miler by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Unless somebody talks me out of this quickly, I am good to go for the first-ever running of the Chimera 100. Why? The race, the brainchild of sadistic Old Goats R ... Read on »

Educate thyself by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running These folks, my buds who are part of the "Dawn Patrol" group every Tuesday at El Moro, know how to run. I am a renegade of sorts, doing my own thing when it comes to runni ... Read on »

Catalina running by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Here are some images from a short (8-mile) but very sweet run this week while camping with the kids at Two Harbors. Most of these photos were taken near where the turnaround ... Read on »

Ultra-airhead by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running After the damage was done. The Mt. Disappointment 50-miler on Aug. 8. was my 10th 50-miler (and 19th official ultra race that I have completed; still no DNFs, knock on woo ... Read on »

Mt. Disappointment by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running I had a good day! I will try to wrap my head around it when I locate my head. Am not sure about what place I was overall (somewhere under 20), but I finished the 50- ... Read on »

Operation Jack by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Jack Felsenfeld, 5 1/2, has autism. We all have our reasons for running -- some of them elaborate, complex backstories, others more simple ("I want to get rid of these uns ... Read on »

A chat with Mt. Disappointment RD Gary Hilliard by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Gary hands out awards after the 2007 race. The weather is hot, the Lakers are in the offseason, parents are pulling their hair out figuring out what to do with their kids ... Read on »

Crewing Badwater by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Kira and Leigh pound the pavement I've been chewing over what to say, and how to say it, since crewing/pacing for Leigh Corbin at Badwater July 12-15. I still don't know ... Read on »

Badwater (very) briefly by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Leigh Corbin at around mile 90. She would hit a low point (among lows) at mile 95. Oh wow, Badwater was an amazing experience in all senses of the word -- the good, the ba ... Read on »

A spiritual level of surrender by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Every ultrarunner thinks about it. Most of us dismiss it as foolhardy or crazy or something so beyond our grasp that we can't take it seriously. Badwater , we tell oursel ... Read on »

The group thang by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running Just some of the runners who kept Michelle M. (center, back) company during her "Elmorothon." Had the greatest group run this morning in El Moro, where Michelle M. did her ... Read on »

Best feet forward by Greg H. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Running So I've been asked to test a shoe -- finally, after 252 posts, someone throws me a bone! I'm somewhat of a simpleton when it comes to reviews. I mean, "feels great!" mean ... Read on »