September 17, 2003 – June 4, 2018 Here I sit the day after you left us, Ellie Mae by my side because she no longer has you to lay next to and I still cry. So many memories over the course of our 14.5 years together. You fit in the palm of my hand when we first brought you home and I carried you around like my baby. I fell in love with Read more…
As I am sitting here contemplating how to tell this story I cannot believe this race has come and gone already. I first dreamt of completing a 50 mile event several years ago and was partially into the training program when I made a career switch and my training was sidelined. The flame continued to smolder in the back of my mind all these years and it was finally time to make the leap to Read more…
This is a bucket list race that only 150 runners are allowed to run each year. The race sold out in 8 minutes this year but my husband, his Uncle Steve, friend Sharon and I all made it in. Normally you are only allowed into the canyon on a tour or with a Navajo guide so to be allowed to run here independent of that is truly a privilege. I will spare you the details Read more…
This was our third trip to Big Sur California. The first two revolved around races, the first being The Big Sur International Marathon and the second was the Big Sur Trail races. This third time in Big Sur was going to be special, it was our honeymoon! We knew that the area had been hit by devastating wildfires and then torrential rains which led to a bridge being closed for repairs and a massive landslide Read more…
The word dysfunctional is so overused these days. If you really think back to your childhood who didn’t have a little dysfunction in it? I really don’t believe there are too many families that have led the Brady bunch life. So I’m not going to spend a whole lot of time talking about my childhood. My childhood and what I went through growing up shaped to me into the strong independent woman that I am Read more…
The races listed below include the town and state where the race took place along with my finishing time. The times listed are based on either the official clock time or by my own personal GPS watch time if I could not locate the official time. 2010 APPLE BLOSSOM 10K – BARTLETT, IL – 59:36 FOX TROT 10 MILER – ELGIN, IL – 1:46:16 OAKBROOK HALF MARATHON – OAKBROOK, IL – 2:15:52 9.11 FREEDOM Read more…