Beginner Trail Running | What You Need to Know
One of the best things about running is we always have the opportunity for a new challenge. Beginner trail running is often a place where long time road runners find themselves when they’re in need […]
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Wilder Running and Writing Retreat: Experience and Review
Is it weird that I just spent four days with an aching hand as we spent hours writing (yes with actual pen and paper!) during the Wilder Running and Writing Retreat, but I find myself […]
Colorado Sand Dunes and Pueblo State Park: Another Active Adventure
The traditional thing to do for a 10 year anniversary might have been a bottle of wine, a fancy restaurant, dressing up and making googly eyes at each other. We don’t drink. We don’t love […]
50% of Guests Have Been Before: The Secret of Rancho La Puerta
A visit to Rancho La Puerta is like drinking the wellness Kool-aid, except it’s fresh brewed organic hibiscus tea. Don’t believe me? Over 50% of their weekly guests have been previously and not once, but […]
Oregon Dirt and Vert: My First Trail Race
You never forget your first. Clichés sound trite, but only because they ring true with such simplicity. In 2002, I ran my first race ever. I can’t say I loved all 13.1 miles because I […]
Run Mindful Retreat: What Happens on a Running Retreat
Initially I was going to break this down by day, but do you need to know every second?! No. What you want to know is what were the runs like, the meditation, the food and […]
A Trail Running Retreat for Every Runner
As the small group gathered clad in spandex, hand held water bottles in hand, it looks like any other running group you might find visiting a new city. Except the run is being lead by […]
6 Things I Learned Running My First Ultra
Many of you know that my time on the trails has me pondering the eventual ultra. Which meant I’ve been picking brains and enjoying the lessons of experienced runners. Today Georgia is hopping in with […]
Costa Rica Adventure Challenge: The Trails
Bear with me friends as I find my footing around this story. It’s not as simple as I went to Costa Rica. Beautiful. Fun. The end. It’s complex with emotions from “I want to go […]
Trail vs Road Running: Can You Love Them Both? And the Treadmill too!
It seems blasphemous to tell my trail running friends that I love my time on the road and probably worse to tell my road running friends that I cherish my treadmill runs as well. Maybe […]