Liza Howard

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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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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Wonder and delight

OMG I am glad to be home!!!!  Asa and I walked into our house at 12:15 this morning after traveling for… I don’t know how long we traveled.  We got up at 3am in Hawaii, took 3 planes back to Texas, and midnight found us meandering slowly from our gate toward the parking garage.  And I do mean meandering.  Asa had been a prince [...]

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San Antonio dreaming

I saw a man trimming his beautiful lawn with a pair of scissors this morning on my run.  It seemed like a sign; Time to get back to San Antonio.  It’s 7:30pm now and everyone has already turned in.  Parents, sister, nieces, and Asa: tucked in and dreaming.  The cab gets here at 4am to take Asa and me and my parents to the airport, [...]

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The smell of Home Depot

My sister and I abandoned our parents t0 our children yesterday and went to Home Depot by way of Starbucks.  (Decaf soy latte.)  It was grand.  It’s amazing how your standards for a lovely afternoon out change when you have small children.  We shopped for sprinkler repair parts and chatted.  I had a student on a NOLS course in Alaska [...]

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Daily posts

Well, so far no headaches from caffeine withdrawal.  Day 2.  I was a bit sad to get to the bottom of my one cup of coffee this morning.  But, hey, if I don’t feel any more energetic at the end of 2011, I’ll throw myself from the caffeine wagon and set my alarm to drink coffee on the hour — like I’m drinking water [...]

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