Category: Mel’s Life
Feb 2017 IRL
| March 2, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Training journal |
Except for Black Canyon, I feel like February was a complete waste of my time (except some how I’m still going to manage to write 1600 words about it…). Being evacuated, evacuating Farley, a 10 day rest period after Black Canyon, it rained all the time, and a surprise 5-figure tax bill. Go ahead, ask me […] more
January 2016 IRL Training Log
| February 2, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Mel's Life, Training journal |
January was a mixed bag – lots of horse time, some awesome runs…and a cold that knocked me out of training for at least a week, and rain that just never stopped. MerryLegs MerryLegs was trimmed, had a test run in a turnout blanket, loaded up in the trailer and shipped off to mare camp (ie […] more
Postcards from the Trail – back2back runs
| January 19, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Training journal, Ultra Running |
2016 Year in Review
| January 4, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Training journal |
I found myself reluctant to commit 2016 to paper until it was absolutely truly finished. Maybe I would go out on an epically long ride or run! Maybe my house would catch fire! Maybe I won the lottery! None of those things happened. But still. They could have. Anyways. A LOT happened in 2016. A […] more
Dec 2016 IRL Training Log
| January 3, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Training journal |
There are some new readers here on the blog so here’s a reminder of why we do this every month. These “In Real Life” posts are designed to show how conditioning and training programs are being applied “real life”. The super secret reason I started these posts was to prove to others that you *can* do […] more
A Look at the 2017 Season
| December 19, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Mel's Life, Training journal |
In recent years I haven’t bothered to make a season plan. Grad school, a new baby, and job uncertainty meant that most of the time I couldn’t plan a month in advance, let alone an entire year. Life has started to fall into a more predictable pattern and I actually have a PLAN for 2017. There are 3 […] more
Birth Story
| October 18, 2016 | Posted by Melinda under Being Mom |
Blogging has taught me that when telling my personal stories there are two perspectives. The first is the story as it happens. It’s more about capturing the moment as it is lived with all the contradictions and convoluted truths as it is FELT at that very moment, rather than getting every fact straight. I find […] more
