Monthly Archives: September 2009

If it’s going to happen, it might as well be now. “It” is “getting sick,” and the sentence above is meant to convince myself that really, it’s no big deal that my throat stings and I feel like I’ve been … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the monster month, the part of marathon training when mileage, intensity and burnout rates all peak. This morning, when I woke up feeling creaky after my longest run — 20 or 21 miles … Continue reading →

Know what I’d do if I had a million dollars? Two Gu’s at the same time. This thought, which occurred to me after consuming — wait for it — two Gu’s at the same time sometime after the 10-mile mark … Continue reading →

Near the end of our time in Jacksonville, Fla., where we lived for four years before moving to Silver Spring, Steve and I had established an awesome and comforting routine. We’d always run together a couple days a week. But … Continue reading →

Dear swimming: Heeeey! How ARE you? It’s been a while! (Laughs nervously). Yeah, I know. I’ve been so busy! You know, we were gone all of August — have I sent you my Monterey pictures? You’d love it there. What’s … Continue reading →

A couple years ago, when I was working on a series of stories and multimedia features previewing the Five Points of Life Marathon in Gainesville as a reporter for The Gainesville Sun, I wrote a story about what Runner’s World … Continue reading →

I asked for your best trail-running stories for a chance to win a pair of Saucony ProGrid Xodus Trail-Running shoes. You seriously, seriously delivered, and there were so many well-written, thoughtful stories, I had to resort to a random drawing … Continue reading →