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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Quick Update Northface Endurance Challenge
Hi folks. I just wanted to let you know I was alive and well and not drowning in Jelly Bellies. I had a great race. I’ll have a report and good stories tomorrow. I was 7th female right after Meghan Arbogast. I’m not listed as finishing on the race results right now if you look. I’m not sure what wackiness is going on there; [...]
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Body scanned and en route
Hello from the Phoenix airport! The people-watching is pretty good right now. There’s a 60 year-old guy to my left watching the Rocky Horror episode of Glee on his IPad. And there are two women across from me debating whether to buy Frangelica from the Duty Free shop. My old friend T. is picking me up at the airport in San Francisco [...]
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Uncaffeinated water, speed, and compassion
Good morning folks. Thursday’s snuck up on me. Weren’t we just unpacking the car from Thanksgiving? (And by “we” I mean Eliot. I just got out of the car when we pulled into the driveway and never looked back.) I woke up at four this morning with a disagreeable headache. My spirits dropped (Enough already [...]
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Bathroom reading
We found him like this in the bathroom. He’s reading a climbing magazine. Dad 1. Mom 0. Gotta scatter more running magazines around…
Liza