Life Lesson: My husband Is a Star with AARP

My husband, Swaggy J, has always been one who older ladies really like. I guess I shouldn’t say older. They are older than me but so is he so maybe it all evens out 🙂 Anyway, over the years as he’s changed jobs or locations at the same job I have met his co-workers, sometimes…

Outrun-ing a Birthday is Only Way to Celebrate

Around 6am Sunday, May 3, I looked up to see this view from inside my tent. I’d like to say I woke up to see this but after I threw in the towel around 3 am on this 24-hour epic trail tale I did more groaning and unsuccessfully trying to find a comfortable resting position…

Torture Report: Concrete Combat and Back on Track

(G) It seems I like my running to be a lot like my feeding schedule: consistent and uninterrupted. Over the weekend, Swaggy J and I participated in our first-ever relay event. Our 2-person team covered 71.1 miles in just under 18 hours at The Ohio State University for 1 Day for the KIA. As a…

Torture Report: Holy Hills, Night Running and Lunges

(G) Last year about this time I had the bright idea to run at night. Due to scheduling issues, needing to run, and some other life events, the night running experience came/went again this last week. Twenty miles, on the treadmill, on a Friday night — clearly I need to take up drugs or something….

Torture Report: Random stories of training and NOT

9 weeks and counting … (G) The true but ugly side of ultra running… The usual dynamic duo of miles and misery were on my training menu this week. I wish I had something deliciously fantastic to share about it but it was a rather lackluster week. Trained hard, slept hard and often wanted to…