I survived the Mt. Marathon Race again. My time wasn’t spectaular, 1:27, middle of the packish but the coolest thing is that I think I finished without totally trashing my legs and should still be able to get in my 19 miler later this week. Or at least I hope. (Last year my legs locked up later […]

Gulp, it’s almost time for the Mt. Marathon Race. In 36 hours I’ll be struggling, gasping and wheezing up 3,000 feet in 1.5 miles and then hurling myself back down much too fast for my own damned good. I am totally not ready. I’ve been training for long distance marathon miles, not short steep climbing miles. And believe […]

I love the rain. I especially love running in the rain. There’s something about being out in the woods or up in the moutains when everything is drenched that is so life affirming. So early this evening I dragged myself away from my computer (it seems I’m supposed to be finished with my book–oops!), threw on my windbreaker […]

Yesterday was my son’s birthday. He’s the greatest kid in the world, home from college for the summer and working the graveyard shift at the Safeway. Yesterday he worked overtime, and when he finally came home I asked if he was excited about his birthday. “I’m more excited at working 12 hours. It’s a new […]

Well, my mom and sister have left, sigh, sigh. It was so great having them up here. I hadn’t realized how much I had missed them. Isn’t my sister beautiful? She looks like a model. In Seward, we went to Exit Glacier and did tourist stuff. My mom’s 76 and walked all the way up the […]

Like the beginning of “The Tale of Two Cities,” the Mayor’s Half-Marathon was the best of times and it was the worst of times. My sister and my mother flew into town for the race and also for a week’s vacation, so I drove up to Anchorage and found myself caught in this: Yeah, my first traffic jam in like […]

I don’t like running short. Anything under five miles seems a silly reason to tie on my shoes. Nevertheless, I ran 4 miles today, as part of my taper. And oh, how I wanted to keep going. I ran on the historic Iditarod Trail, and everything was so green and wet from the rain that […]

It’s taper, taper time, taper, taper time. Can you tell I’m excited? The Mayor Marathon half is this weekend, and my mom and sis are coming in from Penna. My sis and I are running together–yippeee! Yesterday I ran my last long run. It was scheduled for Saturday but I fell unexpectedly sick, maybe something […]

This little guy was in the neighbor’s yard when I came home from the library today. Isn’t it the cutest thing in the world? Got separated from its mother. Was terrified that the cow would come charging out of the weeds and trapple me dead but thankfully that didn’t happen. Yet.

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 […]