Five years ago in 2013 I wrote an essay and submitted it for consideration for the Jim Steere Scholarship offered to veterinary students through the Ride and Tie Association. Recently, archived issues of the newsletter where the article was published were removed from their website. I’ve linked a copy here and republished the text below. […] more

This is my favorite ride and run analysis – choosing the top three things that went well…and didn’t. You want your next race to go better than the last? Do this. For those of you that think I’m insane – I had a tech at one of my clinics tell me so adamantly that I […] more

“You want me to check WHAT?” my husband looked at me incredulously. Now is probably the time to reiterate that my husband is not an ultrarunner, not a runner, and not interested in how far the limits of a human body can be pushed. Unfortunately he is married to a person who is. “I hate […] more

  Yes, me and the child shared that one person tent for a night, on her first backpacking trip! She’s 2 1/2 years old, almost 30 pounds, and had gotten through a technical two mile day hike (albeit slowly) on her own two feet, so I decided it was time. I had agreed to take […] more

The first race of the season wasn’t really a “race”. I was invited to sweep the Mendocino Ultra 50k with my friend Cyd! (Yes, the Cyd of the river adventure…) I’ve never gotten to sweep a race, but I’ve always wanted to. It’s one of the best volunteer jobs. A sweep runner is deliberately last […] more

I  swear, this is not goodbye. This is me admitting that my time here on the blog is changing and it’s time to face up to that. After more than nine continuous years of blogging, today I’m finding myself with not much to say on a daily or weekly basis. Oh trust me, I’m not […] more