Musings, accomplishments, and meaning in sports
Running is life to Mona. She has learnt to run, and run she will. Run far, run wild, run free — with flowers in her hair.
“The wild dance of the flower girls,
Outside the longing shade,
Observed by wits for times to pass,
Until she leave at last.
For when the sun is right,
They’ll climb up way the mountain top,
With wits and heart to ask,
For them to bloom at last.”
Selected Wins:
USATF PA Mountain Ultra Trail Champion 30-39, 2018-2021
Ruth Anderson 50m, San Francisco
Stanford Dish Race 5k, Stanford
Pacifica Summit Run 50k, Pacifica
Hip Hop Half Marathon, Brooklyn
Comic Run 10k, New York
San Lorenzo River Trail Run 10k, Santa Cruz
Rogosin 5k, New York
Jed Smith 30k, Sacramento
Lake Merced Half Marathon, San Francisco
Van Cortland XC Series #2 5k, Bronx
Silicon Valley Turkey Trot CEO Challenge 5k, San Jose
Superbowl 10k, Santa Cruz
Lake Merced Summer Series 4.5m, San Francisco
Selected Masters wins:
Urban Cow Half Marathon, Sacramento
Santa Rosa Marathon, Santa Rosa
2x Van Cortland XC 5k, Bronx
Mission 10 Half Marathon, San Juan Bautista
Prospect Park Track Club 5k, Brooklyn
Race Through the Redwoods 10k, Felton
The Anchorage Mile, Anchorage
Lake Merced Summer Series 4.5m, San Francisco
Firecracker 10k, Santa Cruz