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Check out my "Photo Gallery" page, there are a
few pictures from a little book that I put together after completing my
292
mile Death Valley run (the Badwater double) in 2001. They are at the
bottom of the "photo gallery" page.
M oeben
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The Moeben website is currently being built, so if
you'd like to purchase Moeben UV Sleeves today, please contact me for your
nearest retail store or go to
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Moeben eco friendly "Jet Line" is available
at several boutiques including
Emphatic in
Fred Segal
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Intuition
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Moeben UV and ECO
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Latest News:
September 23, 2008
I'm off to run the Rio Del
Lago 100 mile run!
I know that I promised to post pictures from this past
year or so of the few races that I've ran, friends that ran races,
including Moeben Team Ultra Runner Jorge Pacheco's incredible Badwater
run, where he now has the second fastest time and was this year's
champion, and all the news and updates, but now I will have the "100
mile finish" motivation to post pictures of my first 100 mile finish
after Jet's birth, 16 months ago...so I PROMISE, I will post a ton of
pictures when I return next week. I like to think positive and
although I know this Saturday my body will hurt a little more than it
should, and feel fatigued as I run 100 miles, with little, if any
training, but I know I can do it, if I just stay focused and positive
and think of the children at The Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, and
the Chase Foundation. Raising money, bringing awareness,
volunteering, and running for this wonderful charity will be the biggest
motivation to my finish. I love seeing the children play, read,
have art therapy in the Chase Place rooms and I wish I could be there
with the children everyday. You can learn a lot from children who
are living with life threatening diseases, and that overcome obstacles
everyday of their lives. So many people ask me how can I do it,
how can I see kids that are sick and fighting. What I've learned
from all my years being involved with many charities, is that I don't
know how I could ever not be a part of their lives. The strength
they give, the love and stories they share are so special from these
children. I look forward to every hospital visit and although
sometimes I leave there asking "why", there is something more powerful
that brings me back, and it's knowing that we can make a difference.
If you would like to learn more about The Chase Foundation or make a
donation to the Chase Foundation, you can go to their website at
www.thechasefoundation.org.
So back to my 100 mile race this weekend... Since I am
still nursing
I will bring my baby Jet
and will have to nurse him every four hours. It will be tough
during the night when I run, and I know I will miss him more than I
could imagine. Hopefully missing my baby and not holding him in my
arms all night as I've done since he was born, will make me run faster,
just so that I can see him sooner. My friends, Jorge Pacheco, his
wife Mari and the Western States 100 race director Greg will be pacing
and crewing me and I couldn't ask for a better team to have with me.
Last October, I attempted to run the Javaline 100 mile run in Arizona,
but I was nursing Jet more frequently as he was only 6 months old and
the salt pills that I take during my long runs, didn't agree with him,
so I couldn't take them or any salts, and this hurt me during my run.
This time, I will just plan on eating more salty foods and drinking more
electrolytes than normal. I feel really excited and right now I
just wish that I was at mile 80 and I was feeling fresh, well as fresh
as you can feel at mile 80, and that it was just a good day for me,
running and enjoying the day, and I know a sub 24 hour finish would be
asking a lot, but that would be nice too!!!
On the Moeben side of my life, things are going great.
Moeben is now adding a dickey to cover the neck, chest and shoulder, but
we are calling this the Moeben Jetty and we are doing many fun colors
and prints. Moeben is now doing a leg sleeve and also a running
skirt and hat...Both myself and Moeben Team runners try out any and all
Moeben designs before they even go into production and on anybody else's
body! I believe if a Moeben item can make it through a 100 mile
race in the toughest extremes, then it will for sure work for any and
everyone in the everyday world. All that needs to be done after
the Moeben item has been tested through the ultra world, is to throw a
little fashion into it, and that is the recipe behind Moeben!
August 2008
I'm Back!!!
Ok so it's been a while since I updated my site, and I
can only contribute this long delay to having a new baby, starting a new
business, raising two teenagers, my philanthropy work and getting back
into ultras. I'm so thankful for my love of running. I know
my life could be hectic if I didn't have the running to calm my nerves
and make me feel complete. I never knew what it was like to have
my own business, and I've learned a lot in the 1 year of Moeben.
It's been quite the ride, and I'm enjoying every minute, whether
gratifying or challenging! Having a 1 year old when you are 47
years old, is quite amusing, let me tell you. Most of my new
"mommy n me" friends are 20 years younger than me, but I know I can run
further than them, so that makes me happy!!! I'm working a lot and
just trying to spend as much time with my 18 year old son before he
heads off to USC. My son who is a sophomore in high school, is
also playing water polo club and I believe we might see him at the next
Olympics! I feel blessed that I still have 17 more years of homework,
sports, PTA meetings, kissing boo boos, and all the love and fun stuff with my baby and raising
a child.
This past weekend I ran the
Bulldog 50k with my neighbor and friend Diana Alon. I paced Diana
to her first 50k finish and it will be one of my most memorable times
pacing a friend. Diana is one of the toughest runners that I know
and I guarantee we will see her in the 100 mile results real soon.
Her family was at almost every aid station supporting her with her kids
running up to her with such pride in their mommy. I think she
needs a web site and we'll call it ultradiana.com. Diana just
started running this year with my LA Marathon group and ran her first
marathon just this past March. I love to see the marathon runners
that I train step into the ultra world, it makes me feel like I'm doing
something right with my coaching while showing them the love for the
trails.
In case you haven't heard, my good friend and Moeben
Team Runner Jorge Pacheco won the 2008 Badwater 135 mile Death Valley
race. For the entire 135 miles, Jorge wore the Moeben eco friendly
bamboo sleeves instead of the UV Moeben, and had no problems with the
sun or heat and kept his arms protected and comfortable, as Moeben eco
has a natural UV of about 24 and are anti microbial, and have a natural
wicking and just so lush on the skin. I have to admit that Jorge's
Badwater run was the ultra excitement for me this year. Western
States 100 mile run was cancelled due to the fires, so that was quite
disappointing for so many of us and so sad to see the fires attack those
beautiful mountains. I was looking forward to my favorite 100 mile
race, but will be there at the Western States 100 mile starting line in
June 2009. I'm getting ready to run a 100 miler on September 27th,
and I just need to step away from Moeben for a few hours a day and get
some training in. I will add a few pictures from these past few
months and promise to keep current. I'll be back within a few days
with more stories and pictures!
October 29, 2007
If you were following JJ100 you will see that I had to drop. Actually,
they encouraged me not to continue on, or I should say they came out and
picked me up on the fire road after they heard by a medic on a bike,
that I wasn't doing good. Today, I am happy for their smart decision. I
(the ultra runner in me) felt that this moment (actually hours) was just
a lull and I would pull out of it...I thought I could go on, but they
were pretty adamant on me being done.
As you know, I have to, want to, love to, bring Jet (his food supply is
attached to my body) with me everywhere, and since I am nursing I have
to eliminate certain foods like garlic, spicy foods, tuna, and for
running, the Succeed (electrolyte pills), Vivarin (keeps me up for the
night time running) and excess amounts of Advil (for the lovely pain we
endure in a 100 mile race) that I would normally take in a 100 mile run,
so with this, and the fact that JJ100 was over 100 degrees in the heat,
I suffered. I knew that I couldn't take Advil, but the pain I could
deal with, I mean it's only temporary...but the electrolytes I couldn't
do without and as you could imagine running 100 miles is a science.
With the heat and distance and by the time I knew I was in trouble, it
was too late. Andy Jone's Wilkins (2nd place finisher) wife gave me 2
Succeed pills after I nursed Jet at the second loop (mile 30)
since everyone felt by the time I nursed him again (15 miles 3-4 hours)
and the time in between, and with the water intake and sweating, the
majority of the Succeed should be out of my system. My crew also gave
me soup, Pedialyte, etc, but by the time I started shoving this down my
throat I was already behind the 8 ball. I continued on and at the mile
35 aid station, I tried to eat peanut butter with a ton of salt on it, I
knew I was in trouble, I could feel my body not giving me anything, but
I continued anyway, and it took me 2 hours to the 5 mile aid station.
Yes, it's a little climb, but my first loop took me 3 hours 7 minutes
for 15 miles, and that's what I was expecting to do for at least the
first two loops, while it was cool and then I would take it easy in the
heat of the day, and hope to feel good at night. I had to also
take into consideration the down time for nursing each loop, about 20
minutes...Anyway, my legs cramped and locked, I had to walk the down
hills, and I started with chills, this in the 100 plus heat. I guess I
was dehydrated and electrolyte depleted, plus I couldn't go pee....A
medic was on a bike and saw me out there with my Moeben Sleeves on
(thank god I had those, I was cold) and shivering and called down to the
aid station, where they came up on the fire road to pick me up, this was
to my surprise. I asked if I could just get to the next aid station and
get some soup, and that I could go on after I put some salts in my body,
but he said they already called the Rescue crew to come check me out. I
think they were really concerned, and I would have wanted to go on,
but in the long run it was a good thing that my day was over, well for
the mommy life of mine, but for having a nice 100 mile run to gleam with
for a while, I guess things didn't work out as planned. The problem was
also that I couldn't urinate at all since 10:10 Saturday am, and I DNF'd
at 5:30, and still didn't go tinkle till 8:00 Sunday morning, that
was 22 hours of not going pee... I guess it was good that I didn't
continue. So I returned home earlier than expected to host a pizza
party for my son's senior water polo team and I feel happy to have my 40
mile training run and to be home safe with my boys...Jorge ran a smart
race, and won! He's quite the champion. After I had my solar
blanket on and once the medical team let me go, I joined others who were
crewing runners and we would watch everyone come in to their loop.
We all had a blast, watching the runners come in, the pacers get ready,
the crew do their job and the kids having fun playing while mom or dad
were running. No one was happier abut my DNF, than my little Jet,
he gave me the biggest hugs and kisses...
October 22, 2007
I'm off to run 100 miles this Saturday!
I'm so excited, and a bit nervous...I will post pictures and a
story when I return on Monday. Jet will come with me and I will
see him 6x during the 100 miles, at the start of every loop (15 miles)
and will be able to nurse him...I've never nursed my children during a
100 mile race, so this ought to be fun!!!
August 2007
I'm back training,
and getting ready for a 100 mile
run in October. I do miss my 100
mile races!!!
It's been challenging to start back running following
my bed rest last February and taking care of my little baby. As
some of you might know, or could imagine what it takes to train and run
100 mile races, and more important, be a good mommy. This consists
of making time to train and giving my baby 100% of me! It's that
"balance in life" that we learn about...I watched my 2 teens grow up in
a minute, and now at 46 years old, I can truly appreciate the joys of
motherhood and want to be with my children every second that I can!
July 2007
MOEBEN
SLEEVES ARE HERE!
On June 23rd,
Moeben Sleeves were launched at the Western States 100 mile endurance
run. They were a hit with runners and spectators as well!
The sleeves have gone into production and I'm currently working on the
moeben.com site. You can purchase the Moeben UV protected arm
sleeve at our favorite online running source
www.zombierunner.com as well
as several other running stores nationwide. Moeben Sleeves come in
6 delicious colors and 4 wild prints to choose from. They are made
with a UV treated fabric and have a pocket for your gel, tunes, key,
etc...You can pull them up, push them down, wipe your nose, fill them
with ice, just have fun, the many uses are endless! On July 23rd,
Moeben sleeves will help keep the heat off of competitors at the
Badwater 135 mile run...Then were off to San Francisco for the marathon
and half marathon! You don't have to be a runner to enjoy the
sleeves, they were made for ALL outdoor enthusiasts!
June 2007
During the past months, and my so called "strict bed rest"
that I was put on in late February, my c-section and now loving my
newborn son, my running has taken a screeching halt. So, I've worked on getting my
many other projects
completed, including my
Freedom
trophy buckles, and my UV protected
Moeben
arm sleeves, as well
as my books and film. I will fill you in on these other projects
soon, but for now, you can go to
www.moeben.com and check out the Moeben UV sleeves that are made to
help protect you from the sun, along with the many other outdoor
hazards, i.e. wind, cold, rain, nasty bush, bugs, and they look great
on! Moeben sleeves are made for the outdoor enthusiast, like you
and I! So whether you run, play golf, tennis, soccer, snowboard,
skate board, you name it, garden, ride horses, hike, any time spent
outdoors, these sleeves are there for you! Send me an email if
you'd like to try out a pair...
I'm so excited to be a new mom again, and even though at 46 years old,
and going from cribs to looking at colleges, I
still feel young and healthy! I owe this to my running, taking
care of my body and most important...attitude! I will also need to
continue with the (MS) tests that I put on hold because of my pregnancy
and will keep you updated. Thank you to all for your concerns,
emails and thoughts.
May 2007
April 29, 2007
These pictures were taken 15 hours before my baby was
born!
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April 2007
Mari, Jorge and I went out to train on the Badwater
course. Both Jorge and I will be running this coming July. Jorge
is considered a favorite, and me, it will be my 4th finish at Badwater,
can't wait!
Just think last year I was running this course, now
look! |
This is my favorite ultra runner Jorge Pacheco,
training for his first attempt at Badwater... |
I love this picture of Mari by the sand dunes |
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