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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Late night post
My dad took some lovely pictures of Ruby when she was up in DC with him and my mom. I am going to rely on this one to fill in this late night blog. Today’s been a blur. There was running and not feeling very peppy, and there was taking the kids to the pool for a few hours, and there was Ruby pooping all over my lap. (I [...]
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Lovely day and Dave Mackey link
Asa is off at a friend’s house, Ruby is napping, and I have already done my running. Time for a beer — at 12:39pm. The rains in San Antonio have brought out some great neighborhood vegetation. It looks like something out of Dr. Seuss — and I think it’s a pretty good addition to the Urban Trail Runner’s coffee [...]
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Monday Monday Monday
Good grief. I can’t believe it’s the end of the day. I am both grateful (because Ruby Jane is asleep) and sad because I really have a ton of work to get done, and I am so sleepy. Wah. Ruby came up and smacked my bottom while I was changing today. Then she laughed and laughed. I gave her a cookie as soon as I got my shorts [...]
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Potties and plans
Oh yeah! That’s exactly what it looks like. Later that afternoon, she blew bubbles in the pool without any prompting. We’ll start in on Algebra tomorrow. I’ve tried not to let too many “Good Lord, Asa! You were almost a year older than Ruby when you finally used the toilet for its intended purpose,” [...]
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Eliot’s Report and Curlers
Apologies for the blog delay. Ruby and I have been doing our hair. Well, my mom has been doing Ruby’s hair. I’ve mostly been recovering from the 66-hour plane trip home from South Africa to DC. 33 hours from South Africa to DC and 33 hours from DC to San Antonio. A “chip in the propeller blade” cancelled my [...]
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