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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Life Cycle of a Cinnamon Role 117/365
Conception: “I love my family.” Gestation: First Trimester Second Trimester: Third Trimester: “Bun in the Oven” Birth. Death. What’s making me happy: Husbands who get up early to make cinnamon roles before school. Running: 30 minutes easy.
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65 Degree Difference 116/365
This was San Antonio’s weather yesterday. It was 86 earlier in the week. And here’s Madison, Wisconsin’s forecast for Saturday. Yeah, you’re reading that low correctly. 17 degrees. It’ll be 65 degrees cooler at the race start than it was here most of the day yesterday. I can’t quite wrap my mind around [...]
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Lighter or Older? 115/365
“Is that lighter or older?” “What?” “Is it lighter or older?” Slowly, I realized my father in-law was talking about my hair. He’d just arrived, and his first question to me was whether I’d starting dying my hair, or if it was gray. Honest to God! It had been a pretty rough day up until that point. Working from home. Very grumpy [...]
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Agave Overload 114/365
My friend dropped off a big bag full of tiny agave plants today. (Thank you, Jazzy!!!) Someday, they’ll look like this and make our side yard beautiful. (Because I can’t actually kill this plant with my black thumb.) Anyway, the lure of future beauty derailed my plans yesterday, and I passed 4 happy hours planting the little baby [...]
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Somewhat Sunrise 113/365
We went to a sunrise service for Easter this morning. It was at 9am. It was actually billed as “Somewhat Sunrise Service.” The regular service started at 11am. I would have loved to have been in on the discussions about the 9am service. “Look, I don’t think this congregation is going to show for sunrise.” “Oh [...]
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