I’m now looking to next year’s races, and just signed up for my first timed trail race: the Wild Goose Trail Festival 36 hour race, put on by Sassquad Trail Runners. The idea is to run as far as you can over the 36 hours. The elevation gain over 100 miles is 11,275 ft vertical […]
I was out for an evening run on the Lehigh University cross country fields. Three miles in, my calves were burning and I felt like it was turning into a bad run. I had a stressful day and had not slept well last night, and was considering cutting my losses and ending early. Then I […]
Cold, rainy, hilly, amazing, depleting, exhilarating. These are some simple words to describe my first marathon. When I told my non-running friends that I signed up for the Pittsburgh marathon, most looked at me and subtly shook their heads. Some said I was crazy, others said my knees would wear down from all the running. […]
