I’m starting to think about MdS as a restful vacation with a bit running thrown in. I’m not underestimating the desert...
Liza Howard
Liza Howard is a long-time is a longtime ultrarunner who lives in San Antonio, Texas. She teaches for NOLS Wilderness Medicine, coaches, directs the non-profit Band of Runners, and drives her kids around in a minivan.
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Brainwashing
I have taken to drinking smoothies for breakfast. They are pretty obnoxious green affairs. I see them as a vehicle for vegetables I might not get around to eating otherwise. I always wake up with all kinds of purposefulness and self-control, so it’s easy to dump the spinach, spirulina, grasses, and carrots etc. in while Eliot and [...]
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Podiatrist visit
I always forget how bad the traffic in San Antonio is because Eliot bikes to work — and my morning commute is usually just down the street to the pool with Asa. (Amazing that I can find things to be dissatisfied about, isn’t it?). My ten minute drive ended up taking 35 minutes and I arrived late. Hate that. However, the doctor [...]
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15 minute fix
My appointment with a sports medicine podiatrist is at 8:15 tomorrow morning. I have a good friend who also has PF (apparently it’s contagious) who has an appointment with the same doctor. His appointment is at 8:30. So apparently it’s only going to take 15 minutes to assess and fix my foot. Sweet. Stay tuned for my charitable [...]
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Steroid shots for plantar fasciitis
I’ve decided I’m going to give steroid shots a try for my PF. It’s been almost six months that I’ve been dealing with it and my mental health can’t stand to have another run cut short by foot pain. I am grumpy. And impatient. I’m doing all the stretching and icing that a mother can reasonably expected [...]
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Interview
I am being interviewed by the paper here and so far we’ve established that I’m a terrible historian and that I’m not all that insightful about trail running. What year was it that J. and I ran the Grand Canyon? 2006 or 2007? J.? It was after Eliot and before Asa and I was in my 30s. And we had to run uphill and [...]
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