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.
Toenail love
It’s 8:15 pm and Eliot and I have turned in for the night. We made it exactly 15 minutes after we put the boy down. Eliot’s reading “The Complete Joy of Home Brewing” while I type. I expect to look over and see the book resting on his face in a few minutes. It’s been a long weekend: BBQs, mother in-law [...]
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Moving in together and seams
I’ve got five hours of anti-gravity running scheduled today and three tomorrow. And I feel like things might be moving a little too fast in this relationship. I am in love with the machine, but I’m not sure if I’m ready to move in together with it yet. The Y’s only open for four hours tomorrow, so I’m thinking [...]
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Party time
We’re having a little BBQ get together here on Saturday. This will be the first official fiesta we’ve had at the house, and I’ve got to say there’s a bit of scouring and cat hair removal to do before everyone arrives. Thankfully I don’t feel particularly invested in the state of the yard. I’m a traditionalist; [...]
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Pedaling!
The Boy can ride a bike with pedals now. I have not witnessed this wonder myself because of my nightly trysts with the Alter G. But I’ve made Eliot recount each instance in detail. “Where were you when your son first learned to pedal?” “Pledging undying love to a machine during a sprint workout.” (And while I [...]
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Bod Pods, fat, and Paul Revere
I would have posted earlier, but I got to laughing hysterically at Stephen Colbert’s bit about Sarah Palin’s Paul Revere ramble. I’m going to count it as my core workout. I think I’ll be sore in the morning. I’ve been running around like a nut for the last 48 hours, so I’m just catching up on all the revisionist [...]
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