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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Circle of Hell
I’m sitting in the minivan eating Ruby’s goldfish while she naps. She fell asleep on the way home from Lifetime and I didn’t want to risk the carseat to bed transfer. The van is too well-stocked with supplies for that kind of foolishness. I’ve got the computer, a can of srirachi flavored almonds, a half-eaten [...]
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Tummy chaffing
Warning: Running in a weight vest for six hours can cause unattractive belly chaffing. Seriously. That is all.
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Slim late night pickings at the gym
Oh my gosh. I just got home from a late Friday night treadmill run at Lifetime. I am so sore and tired. And I’ve got 22 miles on the schedule tomorrow. Whew. But I’m only 5 miles behind on the training plan right now, so I’m pretty happy despite the aforementioned soreness and tiredness. Sadly, there weren’t [...]
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Late night partying at the Howards
The kids are in bed! Eliot’s working late (some nonsense about community service initiatives and making the world better blah blah blah), so it’s just me and the cats up late partying. Mostly it’s the cats trying to eat toilet paper rolls while I catch up on email and listen to “Manor House.” We’re having [...]
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Back on the wagon
I’ve been down in the mouth about not getting most of my workouts in for the last two weeks. It took the wind out of my blogging sails. But I spent some good time on the treadmill today, and I’m getting up early to visit it again tomorrow before Eliot leaves for work, so I’ll be on track again this week at least. What [...]
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