Running, cats & coffee.
Anything can happen on any given day. Moving to Colorado has been a dream come true while simultaneously presenting me with new obstacles each day. I love the mountains, the fresh air, the beautiful places to run, and the small town where we live. However, I do not love the perpetual rejection I've faced since… Continue reading Nothing to lose or everything to gain
Sometime before I officially moved to Colorado I was invited to run a Ragnar trail relay in Utah with my friend Tiff and 6 of her friends. I had only been to Utah once before when I visited Zion National Park with a friend in 2013. I've always wanted to go back and explore more… Continue reading Exploring Utah & Ragnar Zion Trail Relay
I am choosing to let my feminism shine publicly today. Some [men] have told me it is a bold and risky move to share the things that I am about to share. "It could jeopardize your chances of achieving success in the future," they say. With total disregard to these comments, I am going to do… Continue reading Being a woman in a man’s world
On April Fool's Day Phil and I decided to hike Storm King Mountain after I ran the Grand River Gallop. The joke was on me. My legs burned from the race and the hike was steep! I do not recommend running a 5k and then hiking up a mountain. The Storm King mountain trail is… Continue reading Hiking Colorado: Storm King Mountain
Running Total miles: 120.7 Total runs: 18 Longest run: 26.2 miles Shortest run: 3 miles Races: 2 The Grand River Gallop 5k (20:41) The Boston Marathon -April is such a blur to me. I felt like I blinked and it was May. April is such a blur that I am relying on twitter to help me… Continue reading Miles run & things I’ve done: April 2017
SEE PART 1 HERE I signed up to run the Boston Marathon this past September after unknowingly qualifying at the Philadelphia Marathon in November of 2015. I wasn't trying to qualify for Boston, it just happened. I wasn't planning to run any more marathons after I ran the first one, now I've run three. The marathon… Continue reading The Boston Marathon Part 2: Running the marathon and all of the thoughts I had before, during, and after the race
On Wednesday, April 12th the Boston adventure began. I woke up before 4 am to go to the airport so I could fly to New Jersey to run the Boston Marathon. This made very little sense to all of the strangers I felt obliged to make awkward small talk with in the airport. I just let… Continue reading The Boston Marathon Part 1: traveling to New Jersey, The Real World apartment, selling Sparkly Soul Headbands, and everything else that has nothing to do with actually running the marathon
Right after college I thought that success was being a career woman, a business professional, and a workaholic. I put every ounce of energy I had into a job that I settled for because I didn't want to be a college graduate who couldn't find work. Not having a job lined up as I walked across the… Continue reading Success is being genuine
A few weeks ago Phil and I decided to go for a hike, but rather than just picking one trail we picked 2 main trails and a few other small trails. All of the trails were within walking distance of each other so we walked from trail to trail and then hiked the trails. In… Continue reading Hiking Colorado: The Colorow Trail & Mt. Medaris Trail AKA Mega Hike
On April Fool's Day I ran a race. This was my first race since the Philadelphia Marathon in November and my first race in Colorado. I figured I should run a race before going to Boston, so I did. It seemed like good idea to know where I stood when I put my racing shoes on at a big… Continue reading Grand River Gallop 5K (20:41)
