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• I'm Finally Ready to Write This: Goodbye Sweet Heidi.

  

  Disclaimer: Don't blame me if you choose to read this without Kleenex and get snot on your shirt.She truly touched so many people as a therapy dog with hospice... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2022 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• My Personal Rim Job (Rim to Rim to Rim of the Grand Canyon)

  

  HI! Do you hear something? That is the sound of me resurrecting this blog from the annals of the blog graveyard. I know there are other causalities out there. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2021 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• How To Make Things A Little Less Shitty

  

  Hi, it's me again. Just popping in randomly and exactly when you thought (hoped) I was gone for good. Nope. Even though I'm erratic, I'm still around complainin... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2020 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Ripping Off The Band Aid

  

  Do you ever realize that the more you put things off, the bigger the snowball becomes and the harder it is to just start? I've missed blogging and this... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2020 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• The Race of a Lifetime - I Just Conquered the Toughest 50K Imaginable in Oman

  

  I don't know how to start, so I'm just going to start. I probably don't ever have to run a race again because I have experienced the true Mecca of running and... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• I Forgot How Hard That Was (No, It's Not a Penis)

  

  Last weekend I did my first triathlon (1.2 mile swim, 56 miles bike, 13.1 mile run) in five years. It hurt like hell. I don't know if it's cause I'm five years... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• A Different Kind of Race + Taint Talk

  

  I seriously ghosted every single one of you for the past six weeks. I am a douche. I'm a believer that the best writing comes from a desire to write not an... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• 2019 Dirty Thirty 50k Race Report

  

  It's 4 a.m. and I get a whiff of something horrible in the SUV. Turns out it's Jeanne's egg and ham sandwich that she is eating prior to the start of our Dirty... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• The Ass Kicker Run: Boulder Skyline Traverse (5 Peaks, 18 Miles)

  

  As I sit here writing this, my quads are burning. As in, the type of burning that doesn't let you sit down on the toilet seat without grimacing. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Hey Future Self! Are You Listening?

  

  In eighth grade the teachers told her to write some letters to her future self. That was four years ago, and this week, as a high school senior, my daughter... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• If You're Injured, You MUST Read This (or Even If You're Not...you Will Be One...

  

  Almost 11 months ago I was literally crying in my chardonnay. The dirtiest word in the running dictionary had become my reality. I was injured. Not just... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• What I'm Doing to Stay Healthy and Fast Over 50 (and a Cool Video)

  

  I've been thinking a lot lately about the concept of aging. It gets a bad rap. It seems to most people getting older = losing your edge, not being as fun. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Rejection Isn't for Pussies

  

  I wish I blogged more often. In my "real" job I do a shit load of writing, so sometimes my brain and fingers are worn out from thinking and typing. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• That Time I Was On The Bachelorette (kind Of)

  

  In the most dramatic blog post ever from SUAR (Bachelorette reference): Imagine a group of women, all strangers, coming together at a lovely mountain home near... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• If We Were Having Coffee...(aka Confession Time Minus the Priest)

  

  Who am I kidding? I'd prefer we were having a cocktail. But, for the sake of boring Dry January (which I tried and failed at), lets stick to coffee (just in cas... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2019 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• The Time I Got Kidnapped

  

  Okay, duh, I didn't really get kidnapped (who does that?), but I needed an excuse for not blogging since November 10. And, let's be honest, I need the click bai... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2018 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Tonight, I Sleep On A Plane

  

  We are off to Chiang Mai, Thailand tonight to visit Sam, elephants, temples, Pad Thai, Chang beer and humidity. I can't wait! If you want to follow... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Getting Older Can Make You Slow(er) AF, But Does It Have To?

  

  For the past two to three years (well, since I turned 50), I've become a slower runner. Shocker. Any one else? Raise your hand if you can relate. I can't blame... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2018 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Running, You've Ruined Me

  

  You know how when you've been in first class on an airplane (this has only happened to me once on our honey moon to Greece when we begged the TWA person to... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2018 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Why I Might Re-Name This Blog

  

  Well, not really, but it does occur to me it would be á propos to rename it Toothless Runner or Running With a Flipper given the current circumstances. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 ATHLETICS, FITNESS