Life Lesson: Be You

When you get a group of women together who are thinkers; who are perpetually returning in some way to the question: Who Am I? You find that question drives one to find answers. Sometimes the answers that you find are good for 5 years, 5 minutes or can’t even last five seconds. Sometimes the answers…

Torture Report: Eagle Up & Down & Slackers All Around

(G): Over the weekend, Swaggy J and I headed to Canal Fulton, Ohio for Eagle Up 24-hour running event. It was an up and down experience for us both. We got to the race camp site around 8:30 p.m. Friday and quickly set up our tent. Meanwhile, Swaggy mocked those with real tents that have…

Big Hair Don’t Care

My hair is, and always has been, a big part of who I am.  I mean, I was born with a heaping pile of monkey fur atop my head and to this day I sometimes wake up resembling a primate. Over the years I have had many different styles from bowl cuts, pixie cuts, curly,…

Life Lesson:  Writing A Book Isn’t For Sissies

Many of you have asked what it’s like to write a book. G talked a little bit about our experience when she let the cat out of the bag a few weeks ago. We thought we would share a little more about what the process of simply deciding to write a book was like for…

Torture Report: Hanging on a Balloon & Hunting For Bliss

(G): It was a rough week here at the Barton Training Center of Ohio. I had some difficult conversations with my physical therapist and MAT therapist. One of them is reluctant to think I will run long distances before the year’s end and the other thinks it’s just around the corner. Isn’t it great when…