I’m presently four miles away from logging 1,000 miles, thanks to Tall Mom’s 1,000 Mile Club, which has been a HUGE inspiration. Knowing that I’ll later record my mileage has gotten my butt out the door on more than one rainy day. Thanks, Tall Mom! Someday when I’m in Seattle I’ll drive down and try to keep up with […]

Here’s a tip: Don’t run up mountains when you’re sick with a fever. Not that I would ever heed such advice. Yesterday was slated as the last possible sunny day before snow and even though I was sick, I couldn’t stand the idea of not being out on the trails.  I tied on my muddy shoes, called […]

I can’t believe that summer is over–where did it go? But it is over, and I know this because today I ran through snow up in the higher elevations, after struggling up massive and muddy hills and almost colliding with an angry moose. And suddenly there it was: The dog was excited. She’s a cold-weather type […]

I guess I took a little vacation from blogging, eh? Much has happened in the past month. I’ve become a marathoner (hooray for me!), which is the good news. And the company that ran the newspaper that I wrote/edited for the past four years suddenly folded (with, like, no warning) and I lost my job, which […]