May 2017 – Cinthia Runs Alaska

Birthday run

I’m not a very social person. I’m introverted and odd, and majority of the things I love to do are solitary–writing, reading, running and swimming. So when it came time for my birthday I knew I didn’t want a party or a large gathering. I didn’t want to go out to eat or go to […]

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Slowest 16-miler ever

Sunday I ran the slowest 16 miles ever. I bonked at mile five. Yea, mile five. Of a 16-miler. Who does that? Well, apparently me. I ran 10 trail miles, followed by a 32 lap swim, the day before and my legs, while not horribly heavy, weren’t exactly fresh. But that wasn’t the problem. My […]

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Running through Christmas in May

It’s almost summer, people. The trees are bursting with buds. Soon everything will be green, green, green. Until then, the trails still look a bit drab, a bit brown, a bit bleak. But still, there is so much beauty. Sometimes when I’m running I almost can’t stand it, the birch trees leaning with the wind, the […]

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Wordless Wednesday (or, ahhhhh, running in Alaska again)

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Philly runs (or how I survived running mostly pavement for a month)

When you live in Alaska, it’s easy to become a bit lofty, a bit superior. It’s easy to believe that because you live in a place with beautiful and awesome running opportunities, that it’s the only place with beautiful and awesome running trails/routes, etc. Of course, that’s simply not true. There are fantastic trails in Arizona and […]