Question for the seasoned trail runners.... I've ran more trails than I have asphalt or concrete over the last year, but, I have my first ever actual sanctioned trail RACE coming up. I feel pretty confident in my training and nutrition prep for the race. And its only 10miles, 10 miles is cake(pun intended you Cake eaters 🤣🤣).. My question is simple though,if you've raced the trails a number of times..... What is the one thing you didnt know on your first trail race that you wish you had?....

I'm just curious...... Who else is just routinely doing 100 push ups almost everyday now since we finished the 4th Quarter challenge? Like, its just part of the work out habitually?

Please Join in giving a warm welcome these 3 AMAZING additions to EAT CAKE RUN CLUB. We all just got better! Lets FREAKING GOOOO Welcome to the Party you three..... FULL SEND! @Kate Nicholas @Parker Ben and @Jane Mace It truly an amazing feeling when we add awesome people to this AMAZING group! Join me and say hello and WELCOME! V

Current 20 mile Bomb 💣💥 Streak is at ZERO. We will see if "Alexa can get us going again" IYKYK However for real here are my thoughts for you all... EAT CAKE RUN CLUB BIG RUN WEEKEND EP: 25 is a reminder that consistency isn’t loud—it’s stubborn. BIG RUN WEEKEND, isn’t about chasing numbers, perfect conditions, or some magical burst of motivation. Big Run Weekend exists for the days when you’d rather not, when the schedule is tight, the weather’s off, or your energy just isn’t there. This is where Eat Cake Run Club leans in. Where we choose effort over excuses and prove—again—that showing up imperfectly is still showing up strong. By now, the New Year glow has long faded. Resolutions have been tested by real life, and progress may not look the way we imagined back in January. But here’s the truth: this is the part that actually counts. Week 25 is about building grit, not hype. It’s about doing hard things even when no one’s watching and there’s no finish-line celebration waiting. Big Run Weekend is the spark that carries us through the year—not because it’s easy, but because it teaches us who we are when it’s not. If you need a reset, a reminder, or a reason to keep going—this weekend is it. Show up. Do something hard. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

Eat Cake Run Club—23 BIG RUN WEEKENDS That’s not by "chance" , that’s You all! AS you know Big Run Weekend has never been about flexing huge mileage or chasing a perfect pace . It’s about throwing down in whatever way hard shows up that weekend. ... And I’ll be real with you: last weekend, my hard wasn’t a massive long run. Normally I can crank those out without much drama, at least one day. But this time? The hard was simply getting in some miles at all. The same place a lot of us find ourselves—tired, busy, unmotivated, questioning if it even counts. It does. Showing up when it feels heavy counts more than anything. ...And here’s the thing—this weekend is special. There’s a little surprise coming your way… maybe a guest runner ? , maybe something that shakes things up just enough to remind us why we do this together. "what could it be ?" So whatever your hard is this weekend—slow miles, short miles, ugly miles, or just getting out the door—GO DO IT. Big Run Weekend isn’t about proving how strong you are when it’s easy. It’s about choosing to do the hard thing anyway. We’ve done it 22 times already. Let’s make it 23.