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.
Happy 47th Anniversary 17/365
There are no traditional gifts for the 47th wedding anniversary. Once you hit 15 years of marriage, the traditional gifts are listed in five-year increments. Crystal, China, Silver, Pearl, Coral, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold. Seems backwards any way you look at it. My parents are in between their sapphire and gold anniversary today. We’re going [...]
Liza56 Santa Hats 16/365
We counted 56 Santa hats in the Houston, Atlanta and Dulles airports. The last 8 came quickly, which was good because we’d been stalled at 48 for a while and the goal was 50. The other airport count we had going was the number of best friends Ruby made. Five. Her most impressive success was in Atlanta when she spotted a little blond [...]
LizaEliot’s Birthday 15/365
December 24th: Eliot’s birthday Make mousse and ganache for Eliot’s cake Breakfast and kid wrangling (Don’t run into your grandmother’s hurt foot!) Make the cake part of Eliot’s cake Run 10 miles Hang out at the Memorial Park playground until Ruby has made at least 8 new best friends (After almost a week here, [...]
LizaDeflating mattresses 14/365
The Megabus got Asa and me to Houston around 11:30pm last night. I love riding on double decker buses — especially really clean ones with see-through ceilings. Still, I was happy enough to get off after four hours rather than continuing on to New Orleans like most of the people on the bus. Asa balked at sleeping on the inflatable mattress [...]
LizaThank you! 13/365
Asa and I getting on the megabus in an hour and heading to Houston. So I’m just going to post this thank you to everybody who helped make the Band of Runners trail camp happen. Take a look at this wonderful article about the project by Doug Williams. 🙂 Band of Runners
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