We're the kind of people who plan vacations 6 months to a year in advance (thanks in large part to the races we sign up for, which require registering 6 months to a year in advance). We're also the kind of people who mostly just travel to go to races. So when facebook kept taunting me with pictures of our previous trips to Breckenridge, and I asked ( Read more... )

Still continuing my "do fun things after Ultraman" initiative! It's been too hot to really get the dogs trained up to run 5k, but we got some extra walks in with the sorta-kinda cooler sporadic days of Fall we've had, between the inevitable resumptions of Summer. We figured they could at least WALK 5k, even if we didn't think they could run the ( Read more... )

The Boudloche clan tends to be very traditional when it comes to Christmas. Not traditional traditional, but we generally adhere pretty firmly to our own weird traditions. For 37 years, we've all gone to sleep at my parents' house on Christmas Eve, after a family dinner and hanging the stockings ("the stockings were hung by the chimney with hooks ( Read more... )

A 5k for dogs that benefits Austin Pets Alive? Yes, please! Plus it came at a perfect time, one week after our Colorado runs, when we're supposed to start running again, but not taking it very seriously. Plus.. dogs as far as the eye can see ( Read more... )

After we got back from Mont-Tremblant, we met up with Coach Jamie to discuss What's Next. In Matt's case it was obvious.. begin the process of training for Bandera 100k, which he'd use to determine if he was going to do the Leadville 100 next year. My plans were a little more nebulous: job 1 was to support Matt in his Leadville quest. But while ( Read more... )

Who even knew there was a September S'n'D? I thought August was the last one. But, alas, there was a September one, and it was our Tuesday Texas Iron group workout. So I went. But man, my head was NOT there. I've been swimming exactly 30 minutes each week, all easy. And I already detailed my previous week's running schedule. But I went ( Read more... )