Anything But Food (or, Somedays there just aren’t enough miles for the hours)
I don’t want to talk about food today. Do you mind? I had a big, like the size of a Frisbee, slab of chicken fried steak for lunch and I’m feeling a little bilious. Although it probably wasn’t the size...
View ArticleWhy I Quit Running (Okay, that’s not entirely true, but don’t tell my body)
So I haven’t quit running. I’ve just quit RUNNING. For now. I’m tired. Bone-deep tired. Twenty to forty miles a day tired. As I’ve talked about on many, many, many (I know) occasions (one of the...
View ArticleYou’ll Be Happy to Know All of My Relatives Are Still Alive
So many kind e-mails, comments, Tweets and texts about my last post. To all of you: thank you. I love you for caring and taking the time to read, skim, or open and immediately close this blog in utter...
View ArticleI’m So Zen, I’m Scary
Loops, how I love thee. Yes, I wrote that. And I mean it, so stop reading now if you were expecting something deeper. Or at least interesting. I’ve been thinking a lot about loops lately. Mostly...
View ArticleIs There a Diamond Bauble For, “I Accidentally Called You Fat?”
Weird. With all this “nontraining” running I’m doing, I’ve lost weight. I’ve been kind of bragging/lamenting/bragging to Tim about it for a couple of weeks and he’s chosen to (mostly) ignore me. He...
View ArticleI’m Sure There is Medication For This (6 Days at the Fair)
One of my favorite things to do at seven years old was round-off flip flops in the back yard. Hours were chewed up whole in the run, run, run, hands hitting the ground, then legs, then my whole body...
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Just Be Weird, Normalo
Turning 50 has definitely changed the way I view my running. Suddenly, all (okay, most) of my ambition is gone. I’m no longer (very) obsessed with winning races or setting records. Now, I seem to only...
View ArticleThe Meander Compulsion
Saturday, I ran the city – Westside to Eastside, mountains to plains. I needed 25 miles, and I needed to try out the new pack I bought to wear on my run along the Thames next month. For the first 10...
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Instant Pot Risotto with Parmesan and Peas – A Thames Path Adventure
A couple of years ago, Tim and I ran the length of the Thames River. It was one of the most magical adventures I’d ever been on. Whenever given the choice of vacations, I always prefer an active one....
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Jackpot Ultra Race Report, Cookies, and Bloody Stumps
(Warning: This is a total bait-and-switch post. If you are squeamish, turn back now.) Getting back to “normal” has been harder than I thought. I guess I believed that once we were vaccinated, the...
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