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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Interventions and shining stars
Quick, someone send me a note about how they’re wildly unprepared for the holidays. I just spent $10 on the last minute purchase of a very small fruit tray for Asa’s Christmas party at school and I’m feeling fragile. (Yes, it’s December and that’s probably how much a very small tray of grapes and melons should [...]
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The full catastrophe
I just had a nice conversation about trail running and mom-ing and I was reminded of the Nikos Kazantzakis quote from Zorba the Greek where Zorba says, “So I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe.” It’s been my favorite description of the outstanding wildness of motherhood since I read it in Jon [...]
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Guilty pleasures, ants, treadmills, and beer bottling
Have you seen the show “White Collar” on the USA Network? Shows like this on the USA Network are a weakness of mine. I’m actually looking forward to my treadmill time tonight. One cam strap, one computer, one Netflix account, (one cute blue-eyed guy), and some simulated hills. Nothing but net. Asa and I got to attend [...]
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Emergency Triangle? No problem.
A large red triangle with an exclamation mark lit up our dashboard halfway between San Antonio and Bandera Friday night, so the Prius and I are spending the day together at theToyota dealership. We pulled over and consulted the owner’s manual when the light came on and the book was unequivocal: “Get thee towed to a Toyota [...]
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Rockhopper weekend at Bandera
I spent the weekend out at the lodge at Bandera with Eliot and Asa and most all of our running buddies. I’ll write something up after I catch up on some sleep and take a nice long hot shower. In the meantime, all those elite male runners coming down for the race in January better be prepared — because Asa is ready for you. [...]
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