A key component of mountain running, regardless of how fast you are, is the belief that Type II fun is actually fun. Fortuitously, the mountains themselves encourage this belief. The mountainous Type II fun Last Tuesday I hiked/ran (but mostly hiked) Mount Baldy. I’m in a local running group on FB where some people – […]
New routines: week in review
This week Kara had surgery to repair her torn ligament. (It’s called TLPO surgery, if you want to look up the gory details). The good news is the surgery went well and in about 8 weeks we should be able to start (gradually) hiking and running again. The bad news is that she doesn’t get […]
Charging up for the weekend and a bizarre cat story
To be honest…I spent most of last week in a fog of fatigue. While I like almost everything about Montana, I could do without the excessive number of daylight hours we get during the summer. It’s difficult for me to get to sleep or stay asleep when there’s even a tiny bit of sunlight. And […]
More trails, please: week in review
After my foot’s little freak out last weekend, it decided everything was fine by Tuesday. So things were back to normal this week – except for some of my garden plants, which I left in the afternoon sun too long while hardening off. They got whatever the plant equivalent of sunburn is. It’s looking like […]
Deja vu: week in review
So I decided to run the race I talked about last week. I woke up Saturday morning and started getting ready to go, but then I noticed it: a slight, but definitely present, pain in my foot, right at the same spot where I had a mysterious injury a few months ago. I moved around […]
Favorite links: spring 2018
It’s been a long time since I did one of these posts, which means this is a long list. So grab your beverage of choice and settle in for some good reads. Outdoors Yes, you should filter your water in the backcountry. This article breaks down the problems with the argument against filtering – because […]
Up, down, up, down, up: week in review
That about summarizes the past couple weeks. First, an up: after all of our hot water heater drama, the plumber finally came and was able to get it working again within a few minutes. So instead of getting a whole new water heater, we just installed a sump pump and a water level alarm. The alarm […]
5 albums to listen to on the run
I meticulously curate race playlists. Unless my entire race plan blows up, I’ll be listening to exactly the song I want from the start to the finish line. My day-to-day running playlists, though, are a hodgepodge. And if I put one of those playlists on shuffle, I inevitably end up hearing the exact wrong song […]
Hot runs, cold water: week in review
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote a true weekly recap. I’m just going to skip those weeks and jump right into last week, since more than enough happened. In short(ish): I finished writing a research proposal to complete the last class on my degree plan. (It’s not my last class ever, because I’ve […]
Expedition 12K recap
This race went about as expected – which is to say I was undertrained, am very sore today, and finished in about 1:45. Ok, so my actual finish time was 1:50, but I think I predicted it pretty closely considering I’d never run these trails before. But first we need to back up to the […]