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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New Balance Team Pregnancy Blog Part 9: Spitting, Wet T-Shirts, and Training
How many weeks along are you and what’s the baby’s fruit/veggie size? Liza: According to my belly button, the baby is ready to come out of the oven. I’m due on October 14th. 19 days. I had to see the OB for Old Ladies today for an ultrasound (more on that later), and she asked me what the nurse midwives’ plan was if [...]
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Jay Danek’s Interview on Endurance Buzz
Here is the little interview Chris Russell and I did of Jay Danek about his book Got To Live: 923 Days to Remember. I couldn’t figure out how to upload it for the life of me yesterday. Thankfully, David Hanenburg of Endurance Buzz is much more talented at this website thing than I am. He also altered our voice levels so we’re [...]
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An Accounting of Last Week
Well, hello there. I have been busy spritzing my belly with water as I hike uphill at a 15% grade on the treadmill. (21 days left until 40 weeks…) Other than that: -I watched the rain fall from the sky and listened to the live oak trees cheering. -I prepared and gave a talk about hydration and running nutrition for a group of nice [...]
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Dark Lords, quizzes, and letters
Have you seen this yet on The Oatmeal? A friend of mine posted it on FB yesterday. Here’s the link. Best comments: O: “I don’t even know what it is! I am so doomed!” J: “O. since I am the Sriracha Jesus, I forgive you.” Me? I’m the Dark Lord of Sriracha. Ironically, I’ve put Sriracha [...]
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Rain, pictures, and cultural highlights at the Grandparents’ Breakfast
You know how I was all excited by the rain here in San Antonio the other day? Yeah, well we got a grand total of 0.25 inches of rain in that deluge — bringing our September accumulation up to 0.255 (just a guess). It’s hard to imagine the Front Range’s 10+ inches. Hard to be a pluviophile when you live at the bottom of [...]
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