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Coyote Trail Run (Jun 2024)

By Terry Joy June 10, 2024Blog, Race Report, Trail Running

Inside screened Shelter 5, Cleburne State Park. Event: Coyote Trail RunDistance: 8MDate: 2024-06-08, Sat, 8:00aLocation: Graford, TX;Six-O RanchEvent Host: Blaze Trails Running Here's another non-Race Report. I was registered to…

20240329 – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (W3/D5-27M)

By Terry Joy March 29, 2024Fitness, Trail Running, Training

The Good I’m continuing my training streak into week 3. It’s day 5 and I’ve ran everyday the training plan called for it. Today is the seventh day of a…

“Pie-in-the-sky”

By Terry Joy February 4, 2024Blog, Depression, Fitness, Health, Trail Running

It's OK. Go ahead and roll your eyes as you read through this post. Really. Even I can't help grinning stupidly at the audacity of it. Go big or go…

It’s a process

By Terry Joy January 30, 2024Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Fitness, Mental Health, Running, Trail Running

That's something I came to understand and appreciate last January while recovering from rotator cuff repair1,2 on my left shoulder. This January (2024), I find myself going through the same…

Now, About That 50K

By Terry Joy April 19, 2023Aging, Blog, Fitness, Mental Health, Trail Running

60th year? Why not run my very first ultra-marathon? Well, I’ll tell you why-- If you don’t do the training, you’re not doing the distance. If you’re working on a…

XTERRA Cameron Park (June 2022)

By Terry Joy April 12, 2023Blog, Fitness, Race Report, Trail Running

Note: I wrote this post during the fall last year and never published it. As I'm hoping to do this event again in 2023, I thought it would be fun…

What We/I Do

By Terry Joy August 2, 2022Aging, Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Fitness, Trail Running, Weight

On my way to 60, a crazy little thing happened. I kinda, sorta, accidentally, but on purpose registered for an ultra-marathon. ... It’s a long story. Hi, I’m Terry—short for…