Showing Annie the ropes to this dog buiness

Ran dogs all day today and had Annie along with for the ride. We put in 3 hours on the trail estimate around 15 miles with hunderds of dogs ran in the process!!! Couldnt help to take photos.

Rainy day run

It almost seems like we're plagued with rain. Givin we live in a rain forest thats not far off. But the rain opens snowed in trails and reminds us summer is coming. I like to say there is a trail for all types of weather in Juneau. I found that Bishop point provided enough canopy for cover to enjoy a ran / walk into some wired stuff I discovered on the trail.  Check it out! 

An octopus? 

Huge bear bread

Fur droppings

Point bishop

Cooking for fun and health

Many people have asked me being anon topultra runner whatgolden noean.. I enjoy eating all types of food. For the last year and a half I have explored cooking vegan recipes and I'd like to share some of my favorites with you. This first video recipe is Sweet Potato Shepherds Pie will be on Facebook because Blogger can't do video. Just a minute long.

Bake 400f until soft. 

Cut the vegetables

Simmer viggies until soft.

After the sweet potatos are baked spread the patoas on top. Then bake dish until golden brown

Check out my facebook for video.

Left over rice

I enjoy tasty food and easy cooking! Plant based recipes take care of both these needs.

Fry up veggies.....

Anything in the fridge will do. Today I found broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms

 And bought veggie dogs.

Cashew spread makes it creamy. 

Blend up 1cup cashews to a pulp.

2/3 cup olive oil.

1cup rice milk

1tsp galic

1 tbs salt

lill Lemon juice

3tbs of nutritional yeast

One roasted bell pepper

I blend it and add some thinking agent if runny. 

Two down and two to go!

WM100 was amazing this year. Scenery was beautiful,  volunteers were amazing,  and the competition was unbelievable. Joe Grant, a pro ultra athlete, took the running division with a time of 17 hours!
I knew from the beginning it would be foolish to try to keep pace with Joe, like calling out LeBron James for a one on one on the court. Instead I thought what an awesome opportunity to push myself. Running the same course can allow me some mental propulsion forward. Also the thought of my friends some of the toughest Alaskan endurance athletes on my tail like Dan Lesh, Laura McDonough, and John Nagle mentality pushed me. I never thought I could do a winter 100 under 24 hours none the less under 23 hours. I think once we've been shown it can be done our mind lets the body preform what was thought impossible.
Roger Banister the runner who broke the four minute mile, the longest standing record in running found his record of 3:59 the quickest to repetitively be broken.

There was a lot of contributing factors towards finishing the WM. Friends, weather conditions, and doing WM a second time made the course go by quicker. The hours passed by like minutes, landmarks were predictable,  and just made it more enjoyable.
Looking through my bar and gu wrappers after the race, I noticed I consumed a lot less food then I normally would eat which was weird. I did eat two meals that the race supplied but still it didnt added up calories burned versus consumed. I went back and forth with stuff called HEED (combination of carbs and electrolyte mixture added with water) and plain water at 32oz between check points (20 miles).
Two down and two to go. With two winter one hunderds down I'm relieved spring and summer racing is around the corner. Even though my body agrees better with winter running because of the cooler temperatures, I feel ready to train for the next two hundreds in June and August.  Without lossing my endurance base I plan on training for speed and core strength due to the faster speeds needed in the summer hundreds.
Big thank you to my sponsor Tongass Substance Screening. It is great to have such a supportive sponsor in the community of Southeast. To my readers I am half way there. The Alaska Slam has proven to be an awesome challenge. I am so thankful to share with you. Thank You!

Finsih line@ 6:44am mMonday

50 mile check point @3500ft elev.

80 mile cabin

Enjoying a Coke at 40 mile while drying out my feet.