Yesterday was breezy and cool, with a slight drizzle, perfect mountain climbing weather, so I headed up Mt. Marathon with J. J at the almost top We were a bit sore from Monday’s climb but pushed it anyway. We are both that type. We hit the halfway point in great time but then veered off the trail […]

Today: Sunshine! So I did what anyone would do after enduring six days of rain: I ditched work and headed up to Mt. Marathon. Oh, yes! I was supposed to meet up with S and J but was running late and missed them so I started off by myself. It was deliciously hot and dusty, and by […]

Today I ran the Lost Lake Trail with my faithful and limpy dog, The Beester. She doesn’t limp during the runs, but after we get home the poor girl often can’t get out of bed without a push. But she loves to run! She scolds me with little yipes whenever I pause or slow down […]

Memorial Day weekend is probably my favorite holiday, and not because it usually falls on my birthday but because it reminds me of my father. He died when I was six and sometimes I think I’ve been missing him my whole life. When we were young, my mother and grandmother would take us to the cemetery […]

I ran a really sucky 10K race last weekend, the kind where you feel like crap from the very first step and want to quit the whole way and wonder why in the hell you paid money to do something so stupid as to run down a road in the middle of nowhere in Alaska […]

Tonsina Point! This is fast becoming one of my favorite runs. The trail is quirky and runs through creek runoff, making for steep and slick footing. Then, just when you’re becoming impatient, it evens out to spruce forests and later, birch trees with soft, even footing. The trail isn’t very long but there are enough hills and switchbacks to […]

Swamped with work but saw this and I HAD to share. A woman up in Anchorage tried to pet a moose (pet a moose, for Christ sake) and was kicked. What was she thinking? Read about it here.

I was supposed to support my team at the Iditarow this afternoon but the sun was shining and I didn’t want to be stuck inside a stuffy gym behind a rowing machine. So I pulled on my tights and running shoes, called for The Beebs and hit the Iditarod Trail to Bear Lake. The sun was […]

My Internet connection went out today so I packed up my laptop and headed to the Sea Bean Cafe, only to find that their Internet was also down. I took this as a sign to take the day off from work and hit the trails. And what a day: The sun was shining, the winds were […]

Oh my! People in Alaska are in an uproar over a dog musher’s alleged use of the F word. Blayne Streeper was disqualified from the Fur Rondy World Champion Sled Dog Races in Anchorage after spectators and race official reportedly saw him punch and swear at Luke Sampson while coming up the hill by Cordova […]