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.
Almost rock bottom
Hello from the fourth floor of the Hopkin’s Inn in Baltimore. The walls are very thin in this old building, so I’m having to keep all the USA Network shows turned down very low. I haven’t hit rock bottom with the hotel TV watching yet (I went to bed last night instead of sitting in front of the third episode of Law and [...]
No, I am not packed yet
I got busy yesterday and had Asa pack his own clothes for our trip. (Don’t judge! I could have asked him to pack my clothes too.) I gave it a cursory review before I headed out to run last night and it seems like he did a pretty good job — for a three-month Bahamian pajama party. I’ll have to give it some attention [...]
Headed to Balamer
I leave tomorrow morning to teach a Wilderness First Responder course up at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for the next two weeks. My parents are going to watch Asa at their home in Virginia while I work. Asa couldn’t be more pleased. (Me neither.) I’ll be living a hermit running existence while I’m teaching. That’ll [...]
Ultra Awesome Person of the Year
Did you all see this in the comments yesterday? I’d write more, but I’ve got to go see if there’s an official Timothy Olson fan club or if I’m going to have to start one myself.
Bandera 100k 2012: Hot and Bothered
Well, not bothered really. But definitely hot. Pre-race story Number 1 I woke up in my tent race morning and grabbed my phone to see what time it was. The phone was dead, so I reached into my drop bag for an extra watch I’d brought along. 5:30 am. Perfect. I had two hours to eat and then slowly get myself together for the race [...]