. Mom . Travel Junkie . Runner . Triathlete . Vegetarian .
September 29, 2019 – The day I ran my last race in Berlin after a regular training cycle. September 6, 2020 – The day that I last ran a substantial distance as a logical conclusion to a series of consistent long miles (Ok – that was the virtual Boston Marathon on my birthday instead of…
I have to write this somewhere … and I don’t care if anyone stumbles on it to read it. A confession – I’m an extroverted-introvert, love people but avoid people in settings that I am not sure about. I’ve never been good at social graces and etiquettes. I’d like to think that I’m friendly to…
The experience of a non-cyclist doing a multi-day bike tour with The Cycling House.
When you are sitting home doing nothing but work and more work, your “last” marathon (Boston) cancelled and nothing else in the horizon including your motivation, and you are “on a break” with running, dumb decisions are made. Like taking on the Yeti 24 hour challenge. 3 weeks ago, the Boston Marathon week actually, my…
While the first week of social distance quarantine was an experiment, this second week has started feeling surreal. Rain in back in Atlanta (YAY! – said no one ever this winter), work and school has gotten into a rhythm. Many states like California and the NY tri-state area has already given order to “Shelter in…
2 weeks before the Tokyo Marathon was to happen, the race was cancelled out of concerns for the COVID-19 aka CoronaVirus. There was outrage and frustration from a lot of runners. Japan was miles away and the virus was something that was happening in China. In time the focus shifted to Boston and London Marathons….
When the demon in my head rears up and sees only the faults and not the strengths in a race photo – I can either let the demon make itself at home in my head or serve it’s eviction notice.