51 hour birthday run!

Why run hours for age? Why not miles?

Me; because it's to easy to run 51 miles, running 51 hours is more of a challenge 

Mission peak 

Pacers that came out during the storm, Chris & Gabi

The party is about to get real . Fun with friends 

And just like that in a blink of an eye I was done 51 hours and 138 miles later.

Happy 51st b-day to me.

I don't get older, I just get better 😊

Finally a book is in the works !

Please click on the link to see how you can help!

Hugs,

Catra & TruMan

https://www.gofundme.com/CatraTruMan

Quad Dipsea my 18th finish

 

I said after finishing this race the first time, 18 years ago I would never run it again. 

It's funny how you forget and the years click by. And somehow I just kept running this race.

Had a good run

Finish number 18 in 6:56

TruMan PR'd his Rocky Ridge half marathon time

TruMan proud of his first place and only dog in the half and his finishers medal 

TruMan did awesome Saturday and killed the half way to go buddy!

Heading to the finish he almost beat me 

Cool write up on me

http://www.sbnation.com/2015/9/16/9322655/reborn-on-the-run

The Dirt Doxie ran his first 50k

That's right TruMan ran a 50k. I'm pretty sure he may be the first mini dachshund who has run that far.

 

Not the best Run of my life but I finished

Cool moon 100 done 

It was my 116th run of 100 miles or more 

We run for buckles 😊

I suffered a lot with blisters and the heat but got it done 

Life is all about the journey

Heading out on the JMT from Whitney to Yosrmite on July 6th. Hoping to go under 6 days 6 hours unsupported. That's the plan.

If you can dream it, you can do it!

Life can be so busy at times training , working , training, working .

I like giving back to the trails i run.

Saturday I will do trail work in Sunol for 8 hours with my friend Phil. It's part of running 100 miles and 200 mile races. We do trail work.

We will head out after to go pace & watch at Western states 100. It's fun to be there giving back and not racing.

I enjoy those times.

I hope you all have a great summer. Next up for me the 224 mile John Muir trail. I will go unsupported and push for the record. I'm not feeling fast and haven't really trained much for it so we will see what happens the woman's unsupported record is 6 days 6 hours.

I start July 6th😳 under 7 days is always my goal 

My. Diablo 

Mission peak 

Truman! I love him!

I've been lacking in my blog post.

TruMan and I did a 34 miles fast pack in the Ohlone trail. 24 miles the first day and camped and finished with 10 miles the second day.

Truman is a beast! I love my sausage dog

First dachshund to summit Rose peak

He is a ultra do for sure 

Sometimes you have to let life turn you upside down, so you can learn how to live, right side up.

Life is good ran the Sunol 200 (solo)finished in 79:29

Thanks to all my friends and fans for your support!

Here's s few photos from the trail during my solo 200 miler 

First big climb mission peak 

Magiries peak loop

Jerry, Teresa and TruMan 13 miles to go 

During a meltdown at 135 miles 

Into the night 60 miles in

Done

Finish line with TruMan who paced me the last 13 miles 

Check this out!

I'm running this in October 

http://www.snewsnet.com/

UROC 100k

Some days are perfect other days you survive.

I ended up dropping down to the BLU relentless 24 hour course I was having a lot of issues, bladder infection,nausea, diarrhea.

Other than that I was fine. I was first in the relentless 24 hour race 75 miles. I'll take it.

Life is awesome!!

Sorry peeps I've not blogged in forever !!

I'm off to run BLU 100 in SoCal  this weekend , send me positive vibes.

The cutest picture ever of TruMan 

I've been training in Yosemite a bunch.

Ok everyone always ask where I get my skirts

Runningskirts.com 

Check them out!

Mini Dachshund runs a marathon 26.2 miles

Yes you read that right! My dachshund TruMan all 9 pounds of him ,ran a marathon on a gravel trail in 6:17.

He ran and raised money for a Doxie named Sunshine that was abandoned in the cold and snow near a dumpster she is being helped by KARF a senior dog rescue Kentucky. She is in the hospital and has fought for her life. TruMan raised $807.00 to help with her medical bills. She is doing much better and seems to be getting better everyday.

He could of run it faster but his pacer me ,was slow from running the 50k the day before and Coldwater rumble 100, 5 days before .

He was so strong and never slowed down I was the one who was slow.

Just because a Doxie is small does not mean they can't do epic shit. 

TruMan has come a long way in two years since i fostered him and adopted him. He could not walk around the block because he was afraid of the world .

Now he's running wilderness trails with me.

He is my inspiration , he has taught me that having short legs means nothing overcoming all obstacles is in our mind.

I hope he can motivate you to get out and run. The DirtDoxie is amazing!!