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SweetH2O 50k

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

West Highland Way 100

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

Petite Trotte de Leon (186 miles)

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

On Being Vegetarian

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 [...]

Mt. Mist 50k – Turning a Bad Day Good

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 [...]

Avalon Benefit 50 Mile – Get Happy

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 [...]

Atlanta Fat Ass 50k – Risking Snowmaggedon

January 9, 2010 This run would normally be routine.  I’ve run it a couple of times before and like any good Fat Ass race, this one’s low key and fun – really more of a way to get some miles in together than anything else.  No big deal. But two things were notably different this [...]

Peanut Island 24-Hour

December 31, 2010 – January 1, 2011 It all started with an itch to try some new events.  I was scanning the Ultrarunning Magazine calendar for interesting races I’ve never run, and bingo!  There was one listed on New Year’s weekend, right where my sister Karen lives.  About a month earlier, Nikki Seger had e-mailed [...]

Miwok 100k

Marin Headlands, CA May 7, 2011 http://www.run100s.com/miwok/

Zumbro 100

Zumbro Bottoms State Forest Recreation Area, Wabasha, MN April 8, 2011 http://www.zumbro100.com/