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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A link for you
Hello folks. I failed at fending off the onslaught of 4 year-old borne germs and I am sick. Not wildly sick. Just sit in a bathrobe at the dining room table while sipping on hot tea and not accomplishing much of anything sick. I have been doing some reading so I will share this awesome link with you from the people at The Science of [...]
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Outrunning Peter and Paul
I was attacked by a huge “To Do” list when we got home on Saturday and I spent most of yesterday and today circling #1 on the list: the Family Budget. It’s 10:13pm and I feel just about ready to work some magic. My mother always talked about “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul” when she did the family budgeting when [...]
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Homeward bound
We are driving back from Thanksgiving in Houston right now and the rain is impressive. We’ve got Rabbit Ears Radio blasting in the back and my lap is full of notebooks and day planners. (If I move to a 29-hour day, I should be able to wipe the To Do list clean by New Year’s.) We saw the new Muppet movie yesterday afternoon. [...]
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Jacuzzis, marriage, and plans
Asa and I are in his grandparents’ bathroom enjoying the jacuzzi tub. Well, I’m sitting on the floor while he shoots balls out of a plastic pig’s nose in the jacuzzi tub. And the jacuzzi tub jets aren’t on — because Asa refuses to let me push the “On” button. You can’t really talk a 4 [...]
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For your listening pleasure
Once the kids and your non-running spouse fall asleep on your Thanksgiving drive home, here is something for your listening pleasure from UltraRunner Podcast. (Hal Koerner and me.) I haven’t listened to the whole podcast yet. Fingers crossed I do not sound like a wingnut — more of a wingnut than usual. Thanks to the folks [...]
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