Highland Sky 40-mile trail race

June 8, 2019 — Canaan Valley, WV

I hadn’t run an ultramarathon in four years. The last time I did Highland Sky I had food poisoning. A bad hamburger had me laid out on the couch for days. I decided to be a hero and run anyway. Salmonella 1, […]

I like perversities. When things turn out curiously the opposite of what you expect. As a recent example, Aaron and I discovered that having a baby actually made us more likely to join group runs. Our ten-month old Bjorn gets full credit for us finally making our first Pub Run in Thomas, WV in […]

The Backyard Burn #3 at Lake Fairfax Park was sticky and humid and everyone was tearing their soggy clothes off mid-run.

Brady gets some air (for his chest too).

I was barely a mile into the run when I started clawing at my shirt, trying to tuck it into my sports bra so my […]

It is a strange thing to grow up the daughter of Bob Nelson. On one hand, being the daughter of a Libertarian is pretty great fun. There are no rules. No limits on junk food, or how much TV you can watch. We believed in no religion, no God, only in one power: the human […]

Photo by Brian W. Knight/Swim Bike Run Photo.

Backyard Burn Spring Series #1

Wakefield Park, VA / March 3, 2019

Results

Aaron and I had been off the scene for a while now (Lyme disease, pregnancy, etc.). We’re Old Timers (Aaron was running the Backyard Burns when they started 16 years ago) and people […]