I’m starting to think about MdS as a restful vacation with a bit running thrown in. I’m not underestimating the desert...
Ultrarunning
Lost day
I’m standing in the kitchen rolling my foot back and forth over a lacrosse ball. I just finished getting everything together for the run tomorrow. Chris is picking me up at 2:30am and we’ll head north to Camp Eagle. Eliot and Asa will follow at a more civilized hour. It took me forever to get my gels, mixes and, elixirs together. [...]
Liza
My 30s: A retrospective
I’m 39 today. Whoop! Cake-loading for Rocky tonight. It’s been a good decade. The start was rough enough; My husband walked out on me (fill in the bad after-school-movie details yourself) and I’d just moved in with my parents. Awesome. Pre-dawn of my 30th birthday found me running with three folks who worked for my [...]
Liza
In the red
22,000-ish people are running the Houston marathon right now. The course basically encircles my mother in-law’s house, which made my drive to Lifetime Fitness … an adventure. I almost abandoned the car. And I’m not sure how I’m going to get back. I’m considering waiting until Monday. So, yeah, Lifetime Fitness. [...]
Liza
Minutiae
A friend asked yesterday if I felt pressure to come up with something to post everyday. Nope. I wake up every morning pleased that I get to share the minutiae of my wildly disorganized day with you. Writing it all down highlights the ridiculous in my whole balancing act. And, ultimately, I end up feeling a lot less crazy — or at least [...]
Liza
Rocky planning and asking for trouble
We’re in the car headed to Houston right now. Eliot’s mom had knee replacement surgery and we’re going to try and help out a bit these next few days while she’s recovering. I say “try” because Eliot’s actually going to be attending a conference about an hour north of town most of the time we’re [...]
Liza