Susan Donnelly

March 11 – 13, 2011 Blanchard Springs Park, Arkansas I adore this weekend.  It’s such a fun, full, laid-back weekend with friends, it’s easy to forget it’s a race. Since you’re together in this stage race, not one day, but all weekend, the atmosphere – that magical combination of great people, beautiful place and je [...]

March 5, 2011 I love going to either Old Pueblo 50 Mile in March or Zane Grey 50 Mile in April, because both are beautiful 50 mile courses and most important, both are great ways to get out and see my parents, who live in Arizona.  Last year, it was Zane Grey, a technical course [...]

This post is way overdue because it’s hard to top last year’s race, with all the spectacular snow.  But you can’t compare one day to another any more than you can really, truly be compare people – they’re all individuals and all interesting in their own way.  No two courses, fields of runners, weather conditions, [...]

Newcastle, Northern Ireland June 11, 2011 https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=415

Lithia Springs, GA April 16, 2011 http://www.sweeth20races.com/

Milngavy – Ft. William, Scotland June 18, 2011 http://www.westhighlandwayrace.org/

Chamonix, France August 22-28, 2011 http://www.ultratrailmb.com/page/23/ptl_presentation.html

I’m a vegetarian.  An ovo-vegetarian, to be exact (read on).  Over the years people have routinely asked me about it, so here are some answers to the most common questions. What do you eat? For some reason, this is the most common question.  I get this a lot from people at work and there are [...]

January 22, 2011 Before I was racing so often, I still put in the same mileage, if not more.  Every Sunday saw a 30-mile run, or at least every weekend I wasn’t racing or tapering.  Most of these were good days but some were a struggle.  The funny thing is that the struggles that didn’t [...]

January 15, 2011 I didn’t feel like I should be going.  I’d just been to Arizona and Florida and this seemed, well…more sinfully extravagant than I deserved.  Kind of like playing hooky.  I mean, California?  For the weekend??? I got the plane ticket but still couldn’t picture myself there – something was going to happen [...]