Zombie Runner San Francisco Half Marathon race review.

This was my first Zoom Event and I am impressed for sure. If you are not familiar, Zoom is an off shoot of Coastal Trail Runs. The difference between the two is in the degree of difficulty for the races. Zoom is more geared toward the beginners or at least those who don't want gnarly rock and root strewn hills that climb to the heavens and back. Flatter courses with more paved bike paths and wide fire roads are the type of trail runs you get with Zoom. This particular event is sponsored by Zombie Runner, a running store/ coffee house in Palo Alto that is quite well known for both it's coffee and it's trail running-centric retail. I have shopped there many times and love the knowledgeable staff and great gear selection. It is the only place I know of that sells Ulrarunning Magazine, has running DVD's and is staffed by legit runners, not just regular retail people. For that reason I will make the special trip down to Palo Alto to give this locally owned shop my business. I vote with my dollars!

Upcoming races for the weekend of 2/23 & 2/24



The weather has been nice lately and I've been able to get out on the trails a lot more lately. I think I'm getting a touch of spring fever with this lucky streak of great weather. I find myself getting excited about my upcoming trail races and then I start researching what races are coming up for this article and I get even more excited because great races are poppin up more and more as we cruise through the end of our winter. Three excellent choices for the weekend of 2/23 & 2/24 are coming up and between the three you have every distance choice from 5 mile to 50k and every ability level from the novice Vasona Lake 5 mile to the experienced Montara 50k.