Water parks in February. Wouldn’t have been my first choice. But I was in a dark place this weekend. For a few reasons. Mostly just one. One is really all it takes to send me into the darkness these days. I blame hormones. And assholes. So GJB put Christmas Mountain on the schedule. More as … Continue reading Christmas Mountain Waterpark
Holiday Lake 50k…
Ultrarunners are ridiculous. We are. We are absolutely ridiculous humans. That do ridiculous things. Without question. My new Holiday Lake 50k race shirt may be one of my most traumatic. And I didn't even run the race. But I'm gonna wear the hell out of this shirt. Let me tell you why. Got a snow … Continue reading Holiday Lake 50k…
Carvins Cove to McAfee
I was supposed to be helping out judging Forensics yesterday. The dramatic readings and poetry kind. Not the dead bodies and blood spatter kind. But then Janky Left Pinky Toe said it was cancelled. Cancelled? But if my volunteer commitments are cancelled...my people are gonna make me run 50 miles in the ice and snow. … Continue reading Carvins Cove to McAfee
Project Mountain Discovery
I’ve been a little complain-y lately. Y’all may have noticed. (And if you didn’t, don’t tell me. I don’t like not being noticed.) Running is my outlet. Trails. Mountains. They're how I work out the stress. I've got some of that right now. Stress. But I haven’t been able to run much in recent weeks. … Continue reading Project Mountain Discovery
Shoulder Flopping
Injured myself. Again. Last night. I was sitting on my couch. Holding a book. And... I don't know. I guess I was...existing?...a little too hard. So obviously my right shoulder just suddenly started screaming about a shooting pain. I assume because she knows we still don't have time to run. So, we're gonna do some … Continue reading Shoulder Flopping
Sleepless on the Weekend
I was attacked in my own home last night. It wasn’t a real restful weekend. On call weekends usually aren’t. My on call shift officially started at 12:01am Saturday morning. The children waited exactly six minutes into my on call weekend to begin cutting themselves out of their gps monitors and set about exploring the … Continue reading Sleepless on the Weekend
Chaos 50K: The Aftermath
“Is it ok to get oil on this?” I was lying face down on the massage table, so I couldn’t see what she was pointing at. I assumed she meant my tattoo. So I said, Oh yeah. That’s a few years old by now. “Really? Oh wow. What did this?” And I haven’t seen my … Continue reading Chaos 50K: The Aftermath
Chaos 50k – The Race
Sometimes magic just...happens. In this instance. The magic happened on our favorite pub run course. Probably on one of the first Thursdays of the month that we run there officially. Or any of the other days that we run there unofficially. I’m not sure I was there when this idea was being birthed. I may … Continue reading Chaos 50k – The Race
Frozen Toe Not Quite 10k
So, on Wednesday I left work early. To run the virtual Frozen Toe not quite 10k. I could do this because I didn’t have any students to test that day. And I didn’t have any conviction to spend the entire day catching up on truancy phone calls. And because I didn’t have those things. I … Continue reading Frozen Toe Not Quite 10k
Smith Mountain Lake Dam Hike
Cried at work last week. I say that a lot. I know. It's just who I am now. My boss walked into my office. As I was crying. And asked what he could do to help. Tommy walked past my office. As I was crying. And closed the door. And kept walking. So last week … Continue reading Smith Mountain Lake Dam Hike
