Susan Donnelly

(July 10, 2010.  Kanawha State Forest, outside Charleston, West Virginia)
Summer…Heat…Sunshine…Lazy days
Right around the time everyone at work is getting together for summer fun with extended family at a house at the beach or in the mountains, my extended running family gather for a fun, low-key 50k in the mountains outside Charleston, West Virginia.
It’s worth getting [...]

This run had been lingering on my dream list forever.  When other plans for the 4th of July holiday weekend fell through, I suggested this as a close-to-home Plan B.  Rob was thrilled and though I’d love to say I was too (especially since it was my idea), my heart was still in Scotland and [...]

Heading to Skye
After the West Highland Way race, we rode the train down to Milngavie, picked up our car and drove back to Ft. William.  The next day, we left for a few days of running and hiking on Skye.  The island has been on my dream list for as long as I’ve had one [...]

It was only when we drove into the Milngavie train station parking lot early that the race became a reality.  One week of vacation already gone and the traces of it almost erased now by irrational race nervousness. We were the first runners here, six or seven hours ahead of start time, and the parking [...]

Move Forward in the Face of Fear and Doubt
Thursday, July 22
Knoxville, TN

Lithia Springs, GA
August 7, 2010
http://www.getguts.com/e-htt.shtml

Rob and I flew in to Manchester, England, for the West Highland Way race so we spent the week before in England’s Lake District enjoying the trails.  The area’s worth visiting for the scenery alone but it impossible for me to be content just sitting and gazing.  I have to get out and go.  And [...]

Mark Twain National Forest, MO
November 6, 2010
http://www.ozarktrail100.com/

Chattanooga, TN
September 2, 2010
http://www.rockcreek.com/stumpjump/

Gooseberry Falls State Park, MN
September 10, 2010
http://www.superiortrailrace.com/fall/index.html