UPDATE – SHOES ARE TAKEN – very glad to see them go to good homes!

My feet expanded from a womens size 8 to size 8.5, and I have finally owned up to the fact that I can no longer wear the majority of my previous shoes. When I really like a shoe, I often […]

‘Aaron, I have one goal.  Can you guess what it is?’

Aaron dislikes guessing games, especially poorly defined guessing games.  ‘I can’t even begin to.  What are the parameters of this said goal?’

‘Ultras.’

‘Oh, okay.  Umm… To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentations of their women?’

‘No.’

Aaron was […]

DC Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon

March 14, 2015

Results

 Media coverage

“To move freely you must be deeply rooted.” -Bella Lewitsky, dancer (13 Jan 1916-2004)

Ooh, that’s no good. My shoulders sank when I saw the 1:30 time on the monitor.  I realized that, for the first time in seven years, I might race a […]

I ran home throwing my bags on the floor, ripping off my jacket layers (it was hovering around freezing, which meant I had at least 3 jackets on).

‘Aaron!’

‘Yes, medium boo.’

‘You have to listen!  I listened to one of your ultrarunning podcasts and….and…there was a coach who was SANE.’

Aaron turned me on […]

SnowShoeFest IV

Canaan Valley, WV

February 27 – March 1, 2015

My obsession with iMovie continues…..

The SnowShoeFest Main Event of 2015 had already taken place in late January (SnowShoeFest III).  But Aaron and I, departing temporarily from our ‘Lazy Bears’ theme of 2015, decided to go for a Bonus Round, […]