“Go outside. The worst that can happen is a bear kills you.” – I saw this on a bumper sticker on an RV when we were driving from Montana to Wyoming, and it cracked me up. Plenty of time outside on this trip. No bear sightings. Check. For those counting,…
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Running solo through The Big Apple
I don’t travel by myself often. But, when I won an entry through the lottery late last year for the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon, I knew that this was going to be a trip that I would be making by myself. NYC is among my favorite cities to race,…
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It’s Runner Christmas!
We set off for Boston on Friday morning along with numerous other runners, all identifiable in their Boston Marathon jackets. Kurt ran Boston for the first time in 2006 not long after we met. Back then it was possible to run a qualifying time at our local marathon in Austin…
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Zion, Take Two
We made our first trip to Springdale, Utah last March to run the Zion Half Marathon and visit Zion National Park, completing our circuit of the Mighty 5 in Utah. However, both of us were coming back from injury at the time so Kurt wasn’t able to run the race…
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Crater Lake Blue
After the Women’s Marathon concluded, we packed up and headed three hours southeast of Eugene to Crater Lake National Park via the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway. We drove for hours through evergreen forests before we caught our first glimpse of the infamous Crater Lake blue. The lake sits inside a…