To say that my “journey” has taken a detour is a bit understated. This has been a 4 year detour! Detour 1 – plantar fasciitis in 2019 stopped my running cold in February at the Pemberton 50k which ended up being a 25k because I could not push my feet Read more…
Mary Coelho October 8, 1942 – June 27, 2022 Yesterday was a sad day. A day as children we know will come to us sometime in our life. The day one of our parents leaves us forever. Yesterday was that day for me. I knew this woman for 58 of Read more…
What if you were told tomorrow that you had 30 days to live? Would you be happy with the life and choices and adventures you have had or would you have regrets? What did you put off doing because you thought there would be more time? Did you take that Read more…
…the age I turned in 2019 …going to be an epic year …the first time I planned and mapped out an entire race & training year …the age I planned to push my body further than I ever had …the age my body pushed back …a year of battling plantar Read more…
It is currently 4:22am and I have been awake since 2:30am. My dog Cali looked up at me from her deep slumber annoyed that I woke her. Even she knew this wasn’t right! Why then do you ask, did I pull myself out of my comfy bed to sit in Read more…
If we thought the two days we spent in Death Valley National Park flew by the fighter jets that surprised us overhead on our way out suddenly made us feel like time stood still. A low rumble that seemed to be in the far off distance was upon us before Read more…
We landed in Las Vegas at 10:00am and picked up our rental car and hit the road. Our summer vacation had begun! We had 8 days of hiking, sightseeing, eating and drinking ahead of us. We tend to do a lot of research before our trips so we know the Read more…
When we pulled into the McDowell Mountain Regional Park just before 6am it was a brisk 44 degrees and it was still dark. The Race Director was giving the pre-race meeting to the handful of runners that opted for the early start for the 50k distance. Steve was also running Read more…
If I am going to be honest with you my journey started before the announcement on January 16, 2019. It actually began on November 5, 2018. Well, the training started then anyway. The spark of realization that I was actually contemplating this journey began several months before. Probably before I Read more…
Not only is Plantar Fasciitis (PF) every runners nightmare it is a literal pain in the – hmm, hmm foot! I did battle this horrible affliction 8 or so years ago in my left foot and after months of stretching and rolling my foot I found that deep tissue massage Read more…