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• TMI and My Mind is Blown

  

  Raise your hand if you didn't get your period until you were 16. Yes, in fact, I was 192 months old (16) when I got my mineFunny side story: We were visiting th... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2023 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Are You A High Maintenance Runner?

  

  It was snowing like a mother this weekend, so I did what any respectable lazy ass would do and scrolled social media. A college friend had posted something on... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2023 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• I "Ran" a 50 Miler and Now I'm Unemployed

  

  Hey, I've missed you.I suppose it's very possible to have an existential crisis at the age of 56. Not that I would know anything about that. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2023 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• My New Nickname and Finally, a Diagnosis

  

  In the news of the weird I'm still over here being dizzy, heavy headed and foggy. I am operating at about 50% of my normal cool self. I'm still not driving,... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2023 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Life is Hard. RIP.

  

  19 days ago, I stood up from my desk at 4:30 pm and almost fell over. As I stumbled around the kitchen like Annie (Kristen Wiig) on the plane going to Vegas in... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2023 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• 2023 Rock 'n Roll Arizona Half Marathon Race Report - Did I Get the Goal?

  

  I woke up to dark, cold and wet. Well, it was dark, warm and dry in my hotel bed, but outside it was rainy and pitch black. I got up and started messing with th... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2023 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• Do NOT Water Down My Margarita + Countdown to Race Day

  

  I'm feeling the love. I missed you too. People still DO read blogs!It was really reassuring to learn how many of you have dogs that eat turds. But, the... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2023 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• My Dog Eats Poop and Other Updates

  

  God, I'm so rusty at this...not sure I even know how to tipe enymoor.Why now? I don't know. Today's been a boring, gray January day and I'm feeling less than... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2023 ATHLETICS, FITNESS

• 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