THIS IS MY RUNNING JOURNEY

Had myself a day climbing at Red Spring in Calico Basin last week. I feel like all of the indoor climbing I've been doing has paid off. I'm probably not 100% healthy in my fingers as I've been progressively trying to climb higher grades with very thin holds, but in general, my body feels stronger and my technique overall feels better. My footwork also feels better these days and I've been more comfortable flagging and smearing as needed. I started getting a bad feeling about

These days, I'm definitely more focused on climbing than running. Running has been great as a way to keep me aerobically fit and I've enjoyed volunteering as a coach for middle school cross country. I had wanted to ramp up to at least double digit mileage as soon as the temps cooled and humidity fell, but work has gotten a little nutty. October is primo climbing weather, so I've been training at the gym to make sure that I'm able to be successful outside. I've also added a se

I'm more than 4 months late writing about this adventure, so I'm sure the details will be fuzzy. I've been very lazy re: blogging this year, but I'm going to try to dig back into my brain to capture what I can. As previously mentioned, this year has been a lot about focusing on my mental health and hormonal health. Running has taken a back-burner and I've basically entered my sub-ultra era. I loved visiting Boulder last fall, so I knew I had to go back. I found a half maratho

It's hard to believe that I haven't written one post this year. I've written plenty in the form of journaling, talked plenty in weeks of therapy and have had many appointments with my functional medicine doc. So, I've been busy. It just finally came to a point where tending to my health in general was no longer a choice. Training never stops, but it's definitely been rachetted down on the list of priorities. I've managed to maintain running at about 20 miles per week, along w

What a year! As I sit here and reflect, I can only be thankful that I'm ending the year with zero injuries, feeling in great aerobic shape and filled with happy memories of all of the travel and adventures I squeezed into the year I turned 50. My joints are a bit achy, but other than that, I can't complain. It was a rare cold winter- cold enough that in January, our local pond froze over and it was so much fun to walk around on the ice and take my daughter ice skating. I chal

Ultras are so damn interesting. I guess that's why I keep doing them. At the moment of dropping from this race, I thought, "I'm getting too old for this sh*t." However, one good sleep and a few hours removed, I now want to go back and try again. I think I have the 50K distance figured out, but the 50 mile and beyond still needs work. I definitely made the right call to pull the plug at yesterday's race. Afterwards, I realized I was dehydrated and also, I did injure myself wit

It's quite fitting that the name of the climb that I did earlier this week at Red Rock describes how my training has been for this block. I was originally planning on getting on Cookie Monster and Cat in the Hat, but my guide told me that it has been a crowded route, so I basically let him pick anything he was psyched to climb. It's always great getting a recommendation for a guide. My guide in Boulder recommended Thomas and he was awesome. He chose the perfect route. Tunnel

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