You want to know something insane? Don't answer that - I'm going to tell you anyway. Now that the racing season is over and I'...

The pain of the marathon has all but disappeared. But the pictures will last forever! I am walking like a normal person, my legs are ...

The morning of Nov. 9, the morning of Veterans Marathon, did not get off to the best start. The quick version : I lost my key, left lat...

24 hours. In 24 hours, if good training and the stars align, I will be wearing a marathon medal around my neck and eating my face off. Unt...

Race week, it is here my friends. With four days until the Veterans Marathon, the work is done. The miles logged. The toenails lost. There...

For all intents and purposes, this week should have began my taper. Emphasis on should have. While I have never been one to dislike the t...

Sitting on the couch, tired from a weekend of running - the exercise kind and life kind - I realized that I not only logged 18 miles but eac...

The 20-miler, it is done. I'm not sure there are ever sweeter words said during marathon training (emphasis on training) than having...

Some notes from the week ... Double down . I brought back two-a-days. Woo hoo! After discovering it was very difficult for me to get in 8 ...

The skin is missing on at least two of my toes and there are blisters on several others. I have open sores on my hip (medial, left iliac cre...

This week was the game changer. After running for nearly a month with some sort of pain, my hip decided to get with the program. There was...

Motherhood cramps my running style. There's just no other way I can put it. For good or bad, better or worse, having a child - and a y...

Clarity comes in the strangest of places. For me, it came yesterday in Salvation Army. I was being that  annoying person, talking to my gr...

From the weekend ... My co-worker brought in cantaloupes from her family' garden. With a show of puppy eyes, I snagged one and it w...

I've been thinking about the marathon a lot lately. More and more with each workout I miss. Thinking about how the combination of Hood...

I'm blaming the hills and roads of Oregon. Blaming them for what, you might ask? I am pegging them for the reason I am experience sore...

There's one run each week that causes me to shake in my Ravennas. One run that causes me to toss and turn. One that makes me feel unsett...

"So what do you think about while you're out there running for hours?" Mark will ask me. I look at him. And I look at him....

It's going to be hard. Mark has told me that it will be hard. My spin instructor has told me it will be hard. Mark has told me that it...

I am one of the cool kids. At least according to Justin Gillette , a local elite runner who has WON 65 marathons. So yeah, I'm cool. ...