"As most of you know, if left to my own devices, I'll quit when no one is looking, then saunter back to the tent, sit down, and tell you I've quit, after my timing chip has already been handed in. Don't turn your back on me, I'm not trustworthy." _______________________________________________ There are a number of things that frustrate me about the fitness industry, some of which cause my Continue reading →
2018: I Don’t Hate You.
If you're wondering if it's possible to have both the best and worst year of your life at the same time, the answer is yes. Yes you can. I often find that at the end of the year people are so anxious to get the current year over with. 2018 is no exception, everywhere I turn people are giving the virtual middle finger to the last 12 months, ready for December to be over with. It's almost like Continue reading →
Training/Heather/Life updates: December 2018
What is it that they say about the best laid plans? Don't make them, because the universe will do whatever the hell it wants anyway? Maybe that's not the actual saying, but that's where I find myself today. Let me catch you up: Two weeks ago (ish), I decided to change my goal race. It wasn't a huge change - the distance would be the same, and the new race would be two weeks earlier, Continue reading →
2018 Trail Weenie Turkey Trot & Green Bean Casserole Mile
It's all Kristy's fault, really. One day, maybe last month, she posted an innocent enough question on her Facebook wall. "Which turkey trot is everyone running?" You see, here in the Grand Strand area I can count 4 turkey trot options on Thanksgiving morning, all on pavement, and I'm sure there's a few more I don't know about. They are incredibly popular, as turkey trots tend to be, and Continue reading →
Training Week Recap: November 12-18, 2018
Remember when you were younger and you'd head back to school in the fall, one of the first things your teacher would make you do is write a "what I did on my summer vacation" essay? That's how these posts always feel. Only the adult runner version. When asked, a resounding number of people told me they actually enjoyed reading my Barkley training recaps. It still boggles my mind that people Continue reading →
Sympathy Snacks
I promise we're almost ready to return to regularly scheduled programming (i.e. equal parts educational posts, shoe reviews, and me lamenting about how much I love/hate ultramarathons). But before returning to "normal", I have to share a few words about how very strange this transition feels. Flying home yesterday was probably the hardest thing I've had to do all week. Harder than keeping a Continue reading →
Dad
Today, October 21st, I celebrate my wedding anniversary with one of my two favorite men on earth, my husband Geoff. Today, October 21st, I say goodbye to my other favorite guy: my Dad. The term "bittersweet" doesn't even begin to cover this coincidence, but I suppose it's a start. I believe that one of the greatest gifts we are given as human beings is the ability to choose how we Continue reading →
The Worst Thing
A few months ago, when a very close friend of mine unexpectedly lost a parent, I reminded her multiple times that there was no right or wrong way to grieve. That she owed absolutely no one an explanation or any apologies for the way she chose to deal with her loss. I never imagined that later on in the year, I'd be giving myself the same speech. Writing has always been therapeutic for me, Continue reading →
5 Ways Running Helps Control My Anxiety
I am grateful that we live in a time where slowly, the stigmas associated with mental health are diminishing. People are more comfortable stepping up and saying "Hey, I'm not always OK...and that's OK." So it is with that knowledge that I too will step up and say that I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder. I attribute it to equal parts genetics and a number of negative and traumatic Continue reading →
The 8th Forgotten Fear: Florence
It's probably not healthy to be so viscerally angry at a hurricane. But here we are. Last week when I sat down to write about the number of random fears that were causing me anxiety about the upcoming Barkley Fall Classic, I failed to list a direct hit of my house and hometown by a massive category 4 (potentially a 5 when it's all said and done) hurricane. A slight oversight, indeed. Now, Continue reading →
My Top 7 (Possibly Irrational) Fears About The Barkley Fall Classic 50K
Oh, here we go. When you spend upwards of 4 hours a day on most days, for months, training for an event that is not only your "A" race, but a race that's been on your bucket list for awhile, all of your energy and your entire focus is spent on that race. You focus on becoming stronger, faster, tougher, in order to complete and/or compete in the race. You become so consumed with training Continue reading →
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