Who Wants Normal Anyway?

As we have resurrected the torture report, it has me thinking about why we started it in the first place. Yes, it was for accountability for training but I have been realizing it was actually so much more. We were training for a big, epic goal and we wanted to believe it was possible. I…

Keeping Your Heart Open

Life feels heavy these days and so does my heart. When I go through tougher times I tend to close off, to contract. It’s our natural reaction to pull away from what pains us; to retreat from what we imagine creates the heaviness in our lives and in our hearts. But what if we didn’t?…

We Are Back

Here we are. We are back. We are still Lowi & G but to be honest we are not the same. Yes, we are still full of sunshine and just the right amount of sarcasm. Yes, we are still sisters. And yes, we are still trying to figure out the absurdities of life. But we…

Time to Listen

We are not sharing any other blogs this week (or may be longer) as our voices are not the ones that need to be heard. Our white, female perspectives are not the ones that need representation. We strongly encourage you to begin to educate yourself (if you haven’t already), as we educate ourselves. Be respectful…

Torture Report: Training in the Q

Oh the good old Torture Report. You know the situation is dire when we are in need of this level of public accountability. This formerly weekly check- in was created to keep Lowi and I (and a couple others) on task for my 40th birthday 50-miler in 2014. And then you all seemed to like…