Liza Howard

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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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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Soaked polyester, Il Corridore and MdS

I’m starting to think about MdS as a restful vacation with a bit running thrown in.  I’m not underestimating the desert running,  (I’m entirely expecting to be squashed by the running and pack-carrying),  but getting off the treadmill at 11:30 last night having sweated through my Das Parka, (through it people!) with far [...]

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Hello bloggy friends and Sir Ranulph

Here is a video of an excellent talk that Sir Ranulph Feinnes gave: And here is my favorite picture of the explorer from his website:   Sir Ranulph is running Marathon des Sables this year.  And my goal is to get an autograph.  If I come in dead last, but return home with an autograph “for Asa,” the trip will have been [...]

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Are we there yet?

I need to improve my blogging-while-hiking-uphill-on-the-treadmill-in-puffy-gear skills.  I could have written a nice book over the weekend with those kind of skills.  The sweat would have probably permanently damaged the keyboard, of course, but still…  As it is, I think I’ve already about killed one set of headphones — [...]

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Up Late and Camel Spiders

Well, today has been an interesting one.  One nice thing that happened was I found out I might be sharing a tent with one of these guys in the desert next month. Camel spiders.  Apparently, it’s the bite that hurts…. I guess, I can stab them with my Sawyer Extractor.  Is there a patron saint of arachnids I can ask to intercede [...]

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