I attended a 4 hour family reunion a week or so ago, and I'm still basking in the glow of the day. This was for my mother's side, which...

A few weeks ago, I joined some friends in celebrating a birthday with an aerial yoga class. I've only done a handful of regular yoga...

Last year around this time, my mom and I started a new tradition of visiting Pella, my old college town, to see the Tulips, drink the...

I get to take pictures of the girl on the right's wedding in 6 days :-D I met Tracy 13 years ago during a semester-long internship in...

I'm not going to sugar coat it. Last week was rough. My competency at my job was called into question and now I have to start policing...

I love races. The excitement, the energy. The training that gets you to the starting line. The race plans. The frantically checking the...

I have been at my job for a year and a half which seems like a complete dream. I feel like I sat down at my desk on June 1, 2017....and...

Yesterday marked a new tradition (hopefully). I ran the Colorado Springs Turkey Trot. This was a test to see if the speed and strength...

Two years ago this week, #fourjoysthattrumphate was born. It was created out of a dire need for me see the good that was still out there...

Two weeks ago, on a whim, I decided to run without my watch. I turned on my strava app on my phone so I would be alerted every half mile...

Life is hard. Sometimes I think back to the days when I was in High School or College. When I didn't have any bills and all I had to...

By now, most people have heard of or read the UN climate change report. I have a feeling that to a vast major of people, it doesn't come...

Today was a test as to whether or not my speed work is doing anything. Today was October's Nielsen Challenge. This is the 2 mile race...

Friends have recently been asking me what my next race will be. After doing 13 marathons in the course of 10ish years, I guess that's to...

It's been almost a week since marathon #13 which has given me some time to digest the day. It was a tough race (tougher than I initially...

When I first heard that the 2018 Prospect Development conference was going to be held in Pittsburgh, my first thought was...."Well,...

I climbed a mountain this week. Quandary Peak is the highest summit of the Tenmile Range and is what people in Colorado call a 14er...

I have never really focused on speed when running. Maybe that’s why I chose marathons as my distance of choice. There’s is less pressure...

My husband and I recently celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. It fell on a work day, so we exchanged presents the night before. I...

You would think that with 12 marathons under my belt, I’d be a pro at training and prepping for # 13. And in some ways I do feel really...