Today was my son’s birthday. Happy birthday, CMR! Wearing a mu-mu in Seaside, OR (posting this is payback for 19 hours of natural childbirth labor, hee, hee) It’s still warm up here in Anchorage. It’s been an incredible summer. I’m getting spoiled by the heat, which I love, love, love. We broke the record for […]

Yes, we’re still holding out in the 70s here in Anchorage. It’s been an amazing couple of weeks, especially after our long and obstinate winter. I love running in the sunshine, love feeling the sweat over my shoulders, love the luxury of wearing less clothing. Sunday I did my first 18 miler of marathon training […]

A lot of stupidity takes place in Alaska in the summertime. Much of this is happens to tourist, who come up here with fuzzy illusions and get charged by “cute” moose or lost on steep hiking trails that they have no business hiking in the first place (some dude was just rescued on Mount Marathon last week. Please! The […]

It’s been quite the week. Temps soared to the high 70s, an almost unheard of occurrence here in Anchorage, and after one quick rain, everything suddenly became green. The lilacs are blooming in our yard, along with orange poppies, and the neighborhood is so green that it almost makes my eyes hurt, it is such a beautiful sight. […]

Sadly, the sun left, along with the rare 70 degree temps. Saturday I ran a 14-miler in cool and cloudy weather and averaged below goal pace the whole way. I was so excited that I didn’t shut up about this most of the night. (“It felt effortless,” I said, over and over until MM was sick of […]