If you are very, very lucky, you have at least one person in your life who, when you say “I had a crazy idea,” will immediately respond with, “what time should I be there?” Given how many people like this [...]
Look! Both feet off of the ground! “I’m not expecting to grow flowers in the desert But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime.” — “Big Country” by the aptly named Big Country I [...]
To quote the great sage Ferris Bueller: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it." When your life revolves around the academic calendar — my husband and I both [...]
Just like Ace of Base, I saw the sign, and knew I wanted in. The sign? One stuck in the ground near the grocery store, advertising The Firecracker 6, a 6 mile or 6k in Indianapolis on the morning of the [...]
Once I saw the forecast for Saturday’s Right to Run 5K, I strongly considered skipping the trip to Seneca Falls, finding an air-conditioned movie theater, and staying put for the duration of July and maybe most of August. Only two [...]
Gearing up for a battle. [Follow—and cheer for—Pam, a #motherrunner of two in Decatur, Georgia, as she trains for her first 26.2. Previous entries.] Cape Cod Half Marathon My initial goal: Break 2 hours My modified goal: Gain enough [...]
Generally, the only weather you won’t get during a Nor’easter is lightning, which means that the odds of cancelation for the Cape Cod Half Marathon were virtually nil. Which meant that running 13.1 miles in all manner of wind, rain, [...]
Post-race smiles! But let us start at the very beginning, a very good place to start... This incident may or may not be foreshadowing--you'll have to read on to see: Five days before the race, my SwimRun teammate [...]
On Saturday, I ran Beach to Beacon, a little old 10K in little old Portland, Maine, whose traffic in August is a wonder to behold. The male winner ran it in 27-ish minutes. American Molly Huddle took third in the [...]
This post is the third—and final—post about Hiking the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim. Read up on the Physical Challenge (Part I) and the Mental Challenge Part II). I informally coached Jo + Jess (the J-Team) for our Rim-to-Rim hike in early [...]
