So I believe that I have personally spoken with everyone I felt I needed to speak to, and I've emailed the Denver and PDX contingents. I've even told some of my online buddies and a few people at work. There are a few people that I know will just end up hearing things through the grapevine, and I think I'm okay with that ( Read more... )

It's been a year today, my friends, since I started my fitness journey by hiking just a little way up the M trail. Little did I know, that day, where this journey would take me.

I was in a bad place that day. I was feeling physically very unhealthy and I was struggling to save a failing relationship.  Mentally and emotionally, I was a wreck. I felt ( Read more... )

Today I tidied up my side table, which is where I tend to throw all my shit.  Somehow that led to looking through old family photo-albums, which is what I'm posting about.

I've known for a long time that I was an adorable baby/toddler/kid.  For a long time now, I'd feel confident putting pictures of me when I was 10 and under up against anybody in ( Read more... )

So I did it.  I officially registered for the Missoula Marathon.  ZOMFG!

I'll blog about it at the running blog, but I probably won't have time until tomorrow and I had to get this out.

I'm kinda freaking out a bit. I know it's silly.  I've already done my 20 mile training run and it was fine.  The difference between 20 miles and 26 miles really ( Read more... )

HI everybody!  I'm still here, I've just been keeping very busy.  Between running, blogging about running, my social life and yard work (which I'm already behind on, gack!) I've been really busy. But it's a good busy (except maybe the yard work, lol)!  I'm starting to think I should have a raking party or something.  Gah ( Read more... )

Hi everybody ( Read more... )

So I would like to take this opportunity to make my entry into my LJ Friends' tradition of super vague posts!

I've got some stuff on my mind, and chances are I shan't be willing to discuss it any time soon.   But I respect you all enough and know you're smart enough that you're going to notice that something is up, so I'm here to tell you that ( Read more... )

Friends.

Friends make this life livable.  Sometimes due to physical distance, or changes in life like relationships and kids and things, individual friends grow closer or more distant. That's just natural, and it doesn't mean we value them any more or less, or vice-versa.

I've had friends who have done some truly amazing things for me in my life.   ( Read more... )

You might say that I'm very literally minded.  That would be the nice way to put it.  Some have said in the past that I have no sense of humor, and I know for a fact that's not true but I understand why they said it.  There are certain types of humor that may as well be invisible to me.  This is compounded by the fact that my own sense of humor is ( Read more... )

I don't want to get anybody in trouble, so I didn't go into the details at my running blog today in case our class leaders have found it ( Read more... )