hope on the run

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally in whatever way they like." ~Lao Tzu

I finished 2019 just a few thousand feet shy of my 250,000' of elevation gain goal....

It’s taken me a minute to get this written...weekend before last I experienced some pretty wonderful stuff. Earlier this year Rich and I were invited to run a trail 5k on the property of some friends of a friend...wanting to be supportive, we drove over an hour and a h...

I wanted to come up with a new kind of running goal this year. In the past I’ve always set some sort of mileage goal, some I met, most I didn’t...I’d frequently catch myself running junk miles just to hit some arbitrary number that wasn’t really serving anything. So ba...

The days before a big race are always full of contemplation- did I do everything I could to prepare for this? am I remembering everything I need to remember? why the hell am I doing this?...reflecting on all of the hours of training- all of the great training runs when...

It’s been anything but an easy time at my workplace since I returned after H9 Fierce Dragon 200, coupled with the emotional up and down of going from accepting how the race went to feeling totally defeated just hasn’t made the last 12 days any easier. The other night o...

It’s hard for me to believe everything that has happened in the last year. Last year at this time I was preparing to launch this blog. I was still married to Matt, but we had decided to divorce during the holidays. Life quickly became a sort of limbo. I knew I was leav...

It’s been a while since I’ve written a race report...it’s been a while since I’ve written anything. This whole working full-time situation has taken a minute for me to adjust to and I find that other than running, most of my hobbies have found a place on a shelf for th...

Somehow these two things tie together, so I’ll do my best to make it an interesting read. I ran the Big Turtle 50-miler this past weekend in Morehead Kentucky. It was an out and back with very little flat and a bit more road than I had anticipated. I want to say it was...

100 miles. I still can’t wrap my head around it. I obsessed over that distance for years and after actually attempting it a couple times and never getting further than 82.5 miles, I wondered deep down if it was even within my grasp. I’m not one to give up too easily on...

I live in a bubble. I'll admit it. The news gives me anxiety. I follow it for about 2 weeks and get all caught up and then I'm a wreck and need to take a break for a month. I use the ostrich rationalization that I'm doing my best to be a good mom and do some good in my...