Tag Archives | Sarah Lavender Smith

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Lake Sonoma 50 Race Report: It Worked!

It really mattered to me to have a strong, solid 50-miler this season to build confidence in advance of the 100-miler this September. If I had another inordinately difficult 50-mile effort, then I might pull the plug on the 100-mile-debut plan. This post details the key things that worked for me for the Lake Sonoma […]

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Lone Tree Cemetery in Telluride, taken on the day of Dad's service (photo by Eric Kent)

Comfort Running

Sometimes it’s important to shelve a rigorous training plan and use running simply for solace. Last month was one of those times for me. This is the story of how I said goodbye to my dad, and how running helped me through it.

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Morgan and me with our dog in our new house, late 1995, when I was 26 and he had just turned 29.

Fateful Steps in 1995

Inspired by Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild, I look back at the year 1995 when I was 26. I understand more fully now why I got hooked on running and racing marathons that year: it gave me something my fizzling career didn’t.

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