The best life lessons come from the most unexpected places. I recently gave back the company phone I had been using that featured a killer camera (Galaxy 7).  It wasn't until I parted ways with the handheld intellectual parasite device that I realized I had, at one point in the last year, gone on a house de-cluttering frenzy and tossed out every old phone or camera that I previously owned, with Continue reading →

If you asked me to pick the one reason why I love running, I simply couldn't do it.  There are far too many reasons, some of which can't even begin to be verbalized.   But one of the big things I love about running, and the running community as a whole, is that everyone is welcome. And I mean everyone. Age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, pace, size, religion... none of it matters; if Continue reading →

Today I'm writing about cats.  Yes, a sponsored post, about felines.   When the opportunity first came my way, I thought "what on EARTH does a health/running/fitness blog have to do with cats?"  Then I realized, "Oh yeah, I am a crazy cat person."  By association, that is.  It's not my fault. The truth is, I fell in love with the Dr. Doolittle of the cat world.  Not his cats, just him.  Not Continue reading →

Months ago (yes, months, I really put this one to the test) I received an email from Apera asking if I'd be interested in testing one of their athletic gear bags. Now as regular gear junkies, we have a lot of bags; backpacks, duffel, hydration packs, you name it  So many that they've fallen in line behind hoodies under "you must get rid of one before you obtain a new one" rule Geoff has created in Continue reading →

Last fall, Geoff and I had the opportunity to travel down to Exeter, Rhode Island, for the BoldrDash at Yawgoo Valley.  It was an incredibly fun and challenging race; well worth the 3 hour drive South.  So when we got the invite to come down to the Spring edition of BoldrDash, held on Scarborough Beach in Narragansett, RI, I was very excited and more than happy to make the trip. Now I feel the Continue reading →

It has never been a secret that I'm a chronic internet over-sharer.  From heart ache, to life altering events,  bodily functions that would certainly be classified as "too much information",  contemplation over the merits of toe socks, pictures of me doing the most mundane tasks like foam rolling or cooking the culinary masterpiece that is Jiffy Pop...it's all out there.    This business of Continue reading →

This morning, as I was sluggishly trying to escape the death grip that is my warm bed on a cold morning, Geoff looked at me and said "your Spartan knees are gone".   I looked down at my bare legs and realized he was right: the cuts and scrapes that decorated my knees for the last few months had finally healed, and other than some faint scarring, had all but disappeared.  I shook my head at the Continue reading →