A Long Autumn
It’s been a vibrant, lovely autumn, and the season seems to have lasted longer than usual this year. There are still leaves on the trees even now, some ha...
Tag: running
Races No. 23 and 24
Just when I think I’m done running half marathons, I convince myself to run “just one more.” When I learned that the Haunted Half Marathon in ...
Medal No. 20
Eleven years ago I entertained a personal physical challenge: could I run 13.1 miles? For some, that was a reasonable, attainable goal. For me, I wasn’t ...
Medal No. 18 and it’s finally fall in Tennessee
I ran a beautiful, dry half marathon Saturday afternoon and earned my 18th medal. My time was totally average, and my (new) phone survived because it did not ra...
Medal No. 17, Stranger Things 2, Halloween, NaNoWriMo
In the interest of time and space, here’s a recap of how I ran 13.1 miles in the pouring rain and ruined my phone, how we celebrated Halloween and Salem&#...
Medal No. 16
For the first time in my long-distance running experience, I thought the race would be cancelled. The weather forecast ranged from a 70-90 percent chance of thu...