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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What’s been going on
I was thinking that it’d be neat to compile people’s race reports from different races in one location. Does something like this exist already. If so, you need to tell me. 🙂 I spent the weekend working and pacing at Cactus Rose in Bandera. Friends, rocks, sotol, rocks, friends, sotol and Olga’s soul-saving quesadillas [...]
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Social coordinating and 27%
Asa’s 5 year-old crush is coming over after school today. And I am skipping my run to tidy up the house and buy juice and snacks. There was a big discussion on irunfar.com a while back about why there aren’t more women running ultras — I think the average was something like 27% — and I didn’t add my two cents [...]
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Lists, shoes and fans
I have accomplished a grand list and a big chart today. And three cups of coffee. (Don’t worry, there are no podcasts in my future, you know.) Now I’m going to call a good friend and then get start tackling the list. I’d forgotten how much time training for a race takes. Hard to believe, I know. I have a new pair [...]
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Podcast fun ya know!
I did a podcast last night with the wonderful folks at Trail Runner Nation about Team Red, White & Blue and the Trail Running Camp. Here is the link: http://trailrunnernation.com/2012/10/fall-training-training-camp-with-liza-howard/ I must warn you: A good quarter of the podcast is taken up with me saying “ya know.” Arrrgh! [...]
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Thinking
I woke up at 3:57 this morning for no particular reason. It feels good to have the quiet time here in the house. I’ve got some 14 miles on the schedule today and a lot of core and weight work — and stretching. (Stretching. We hates stretching.) And then the boys and I are going to go around town and put this flyer up [...]
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