Great show and a 20-miler
I’ve spent the last 20 minutes rocking the foam roller to try and undo what my worn out running shoes have been doing while watching a replay of the women’s olympic marathon. I’ve got a gnarly pinched feeling in my IT band up in my hip on the right side and I am not too psyched about it. It’s time for new shoes. It’s been time for new shoes. Now I really can’t wait any longer.
The 20-miler went well this past weekend. It felt natural and relaxed and was the easiest 20-miler I’ve ever done. I was running a good 1:20 slower than my race pace, which was good. The utility belt went over well. I hate having things on me when I’m running, so getting a 4-water bottle utility built (I used the Amphipod RunLight 4) was a big step up for me. It irritated me for the first mile. I didn’t like the added weight of water on my back and sides, but by 5k in I had stopped noticing completely and was very grateful to have the fluids at my disposal. Taking the belt off at the end felt like heaven though, and the only soreness I had from this 20 mile run was my abs, probably from compensating the weight of the water on my back.
I played a show in Hermosa Beach on Friday night at Live at the Lounge. It went great. I had a great time and I loved the venue. The sound man, Eddie, was awesome (and friendly). I’m going to get a video of the show soon. I’ll post it here when I do.
The owner of the club gave me some kudos after my set which made me feel good. My project this week is to get some more shows booked from now through November. I have too much open space and I want to build up my fan base so that when my EP eventually does come out, I’ve got an audience anticipating its arrival.
So far I’m still enjoying the gig at the running store. Most of the people seem cool and it’s fun to talk to runners all day long.
Hopefully the next time I talk to you I will have a new pair of Mizuno Inspires on my feet.
see if this site helps you book anymore shows. i used to use it when i booked for the radio knights and tobacco mosaic.
http://www.onlinegigs.com/entities.asp?entity=venues&State=CA_CO
October 1, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Katelyn! You’re my new favorite co-worker with your music abilities and ultra running ambitions! I’m not a musician, but a huge indie-acoustic music addict, and I like your music. http://run100s.com/sub100.htm is a good list of norcal ones, and http://www.socalultraseries.org/calendar.html is the southern ones. I’m looking to do http://www.sincityruns.com/mainWOH.htm if my achilles heals up. Lemme know if you want to do some trail runs.
October 3, 2008 at 9:07 pm
oh and by the way, the times from the high desert run resemble that of a road race. Moderate difficulty trail races have 4:30 winners, but last years was a 3:33… which means we’re looking at very good footing and rolling gentle hills … you probably can wear road shoes or maybe even XC flats. I think trail shoes will give better grip, but if you want to race, xc flats or road flats.
October 3, 2008 at 9:19 pm