About 48 hours ago, I was hosting a very successful pity party. Wildly successful. If it had been a real party, we would have been talking open bar, passed apps, full dinner, the whole deal. I posted here for the first time in over four months about how my Eugene Marathon training had hit a … Continue reading »
Five by Five(ish)
Two weeks from now, I’ll be a few hours into five days of enjoying this view. I will have completed my fifth marathon earlier that morning, shortly before 11:00 a.m. if all goes according to plan. Waiting for me at the finish line in the morning and sitting next to me on that deck with … Continue reading »
Hell and High Water
To say that it rained in Sacramento last Sunday morning is as inadequate as saying that I went for a little jog last Sunday morning. Drenching, relentless rain. Wild, gusting winds. All of that for roughly 23 of 26.2 miles. And genuinely, truly, surprisingly, I loved every second of it. There are a LOT of … Continue reading »
Born to Run
Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe I was born to be a ballerina and choosing the path of least resistance was a mistake my (likely very weary) mother made when she let me quit ballet at the tender age of six. Maybe I was born to Slanket up and hold down a couch every night, and each … Continue reading »
Effort and Ease
There are 26 poses in bikram yoga (that sweaty, gross, baffling thing that I have grown steadily more addicted to over the last couple of years). 26 poses that never vary; performed in 90 minutes in a room heated to 105 degrees. My favorite instructor, Tom, often likes to sprinkle bits of yogic wisdom throughout … Continue reading »
Ragnar Relay Recap
Five weeks ago at this time, I was on a train bound for Seattle, getting ready to run the Ragnar Northwest Passage Relay. It’s taken me this long to even think about sitting down and writing about it due to equal parts laziness and simply not knowing where to begin. And then I saw Dawn’s … Continue reading »
Northbound, Nuun, Neon
And just like that, nearly three months have flown by and it’s Ragnar time! Hard to believe that way back in April I was afraid I wouldn’t be running any relays this summer and now I’m heading to Seattle to meet up with the rest of my Nuun-sponsored teammates to run the Ragnar Northwest Passage … Continue reading »
The Time Traveler’s Vagina
This post was originally going to be titled, “Slurpee Summer” or something cute like that. I was going to write about how in two upcoming relay races (next weekend’s Ragnar Northwest Passage and August’s Hood to Coast) I am running Legs 7 and 11, respectively. AND today is 7/11, which means it’s Free Slurpee Day … Continue reading »
Deuce
Marathon #2 is in the books. 84 hours ago I was closing in on the finish line at the Newport Marathon, on my way to an unofficial time of 4 hours and 12 minutes (official race times aren’t available yet). If the 4:12 stands, that’s a 24 minute PR compared to my first marathon last … Continue reading »
My Own Private Groundhog’s Day
“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” – T.S. Eliot These words have been rolling around in my head part for a variety of reasons the last week or so. Chief among them is … Continue reading »
