One hint: It’s tropical. And hot. And on an island. Kona airport. Everything’s outdoors, how cool is that? Aloha! Hope everyone is having a great week.

Sadly, missing Mt. Marathon Racer Michael LeMaitre has not been found. Today the Alaska State Troopers suspended the search. However, Seward teams will continue the rescue efforts. No one knows what happened since LeMaitre was last spotted by a race official around 6 p.m. July 4 approximately 200 feet from the summit. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/07/07/2534806/search-for-missing-mount-marathon.html#storyl Credit: Carol […]

Oh, what fun I had running Mount Marathon Race in the mist and mud! Oh, how I love thee, Mount Marathon It was a blast. Like being a kid and playing in the mud. Zooming down the snow chute on top of the mountain was like nothing else. Truly! I had the second slowest time ever: […]

Well, Mt. Marathon is in two days. And I’ve done NO climbing/mountain training. Worse still, Alaska Magazine photographer will be shooting my photo, since I’m doing a story on the race for next year. I don’t think I’ll be looking my best, hee, hee. No matter, eh? Because yesterday I had one of the best […]

One word: Awesome! What a race! What a course! What a great time! Well, a great time within great misery, but I’ll get to that later. The Mayor’s is an incredible course, with rolling hills and miles and miles of dirt road and trail. I can’t say enough about how much fun it was (have I mentioned […]

I have been away from bloggyland for a bit. My apologies, but life does get in the way. The good news: I finished my second marathon (!!). The bad news: I was waaayyy off my goal time. I ran the whole race with a bladder infection. Cried for a few miles but kept plugging along. […]

Today I picked up my Mayor’s Marathon bib.  I didn’t take any photos of the expo, which was very small and kinda sad. I did, however, snatch up another Bondi Band (well, okay, MM bought it for me–thanks, honey). Why do I love these so much? I dunno, I just do. Please don’t judge me by […]

So there I was, all cozy on the sofa reading through my favorite running blogs, when I came to a post by this tough and cool woman, who is panicked about running a high-elevation 50K when she’s been training practically at sea level. (Of course, she will do well.) That’s when my own personal panic hit me and […]

Last night MM and I took the dogs up Prospect Heights, over South Fork and then the Powerline Pass trails. It was a partly sunny evening, the air still and fragrant with leaves and flowers and thick, gooey mud. We took it easy, since we’re tapering (oh, tapering is such fun!). We ran slowly. We […]

After a week of some good, long runs, it’s time to taper for the Mayor’s Marathon on June 23 (that’s a Saturday, right?). Except I don’t want to taper. I love running long. I’m hoping to squeeze in another 20-miler before mid-week. Will this hurt my marathon race? I dunno. I do know that it’s summer […]