On March 19, 2020, I wrote a blog post entitled “I had a good day and wanted to write about it.” I didn’t publish it, because it seemed insensitive, so it has been in my drafts folder for almost a year. I re-read it recently, and it’s amazing how quickly I was transported back. IContinue reading “Looking back to March, 2020”
Category Archives: Throwback
To All the Trails I’ve Run Before
Do you ever miss a place before you’ve even left it? My husband says that I get weirdly attached to things. I’ve been to random places, especially on road trips (gas stations, etc.) and felt sad, because I’ll probably never stop there or see those people again. Where are they going? I also feel itContinue reading “To All the Trails I’ve Run Before”
Take a Racecation
Whether it’s close by or a road trip away, with old friends or new, you won’t regret traveling to a new place for a race. In October of 2018, a friend and fellow Coast Guard spouse came down from South Carolina to visit me in northeast Florida. Jo Ann and I were stationed in AlaskaContinue reading “Take a Racecation”
New Years Resolution: Save Lives!
Happy New Year! In December 2019, Be The Match Foundation celebrated the facilitation of 100,000 blood stem cell transplants for individuals with blood cancers like leukemia. One of those was from my own donation 7 years ago the same month. I’d like to tell you about my experience, how you can help, and even howContinue reading “New Years Resolution: Save Lives!”
When Your Trail is Frozen
[Thanks to Holabird Sports for asking me to be a part of their “Fitness Fire Storytellers” series with a post about cold-weather running. You can see a version of this article on their website here. Merry Christmas, everyone!] My daughter is obsessed with a certain blonde ice queen right now. I relate to her emotionalContinue reading “When Your Trail is Frozen”
National Take a Hike Day
In honor of this day (11/17) that I had no idea existed until I saw it on Instagram, I thought I’d recount my first backpacking adventure in Cordova, AK 5 years ago. My husband and I hiked Power Creek Trail to the Alice Smith Intertie and down the Crater Lake Trail for our first campingContinue reading “National Take a Hike Day”
The Mountains are Calling… (my Alaskan run story)
My love for running began in Alaska.
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