Lana Does Not Care For Wet Feet

When we got out of the car, Lana headed towards Blackhorse Gap trail. Like we always do. I redirected her. Let's try out Dody this time. And she was all in. Just happily wagging her way down a brand new trail. Smelling all the smells. She needs a good mile to work all of her …

Trail Running Discomfort

My recovery vacation is coming to a close. *sigh* I had one last mountain to get to. Day Creek. It's close. It's challenging. It has views. It has options. Woke up at 5:30. AM. To rain. Just so much rain. Just relentless, cold, heavy rain. I didn't want to go out into the rain. I …

My New White Trail Shoes

"You bought white trail shoes??" I bought the trail shoes that were on sale. And they happened to be white. Because I buy what I can afford. But I've also learned to buy what my feet enjoy. My trail feet enjoy Solomon's. My bank account says I can afford Solomon's. If they're on sale. So, …

Trail Nut Sweeping

"Sounds confusing but it isn’t that bad." That was in the email Master Mountain Junkie sent Rogue and me about sweeping the Trail Nut Half Marathon on Saturday. We were splitting the half into two loops. I picked the first loop. "Sounds confusing but it isn't that bad." He then proceeded to send a series …

Hone Quarry DNF

There’s a competition happening. Between my head and my legs. To see which one can experience the most pain right now. A kind of my life is harder than your life scenario. It’s a really solid way to round out a Saturday. Started this morning. At 2:30am. When I consumed barely enough coffee to operate …

Not Quite Hay Rock

Run Around Apple Orchard Falls

Progress and a Podium Stand

This is how I started out the year. It was a challenge, seeing that number on the scale. It's possible I've mentioned this once or thrice here. My first race of the season, Frozen Toe 10k, was a struggle. And not just because I'm a baby about cold. I was carrying at least 20 extra …

169.2

I know. I know. I'm not supposed to care about the scale. But for real? The scale is reflecting some pretty stark reality right now. 169.2 If you've struggled with your weight all of your life, I'm gonna sound pretty shitty right now. But look. I've lived most of my early life around 120 lbs. …

Peak Discomfort

4am wake up this morning. As I waited for Rogue to get to my house, I read a little. The only way to combat a comfort crisis is to get uncomfortable. And no one is better at planning uncomfortable than Beautiful Beastie. Rogue and I met up with BB and GJB in the Peaks of …