Obstacle Running – Leaping Fun times in Multiple Bounds Ok, what if I told you that you could get a spa mud treatment, knock out an AWESOME workout, relive the fun of childhood, AND walk away feeling like the badarse you are, ready to scale every wall within sight – all from doing a single [...]
Boston 04-15-13
April 17, 2013 By 11 Comments
The years I don’t go, it feels like I’m missing a party. I get texts and emails and photos in the weeks and days before the race. I get invitations to gatherings and receptions. I feel left out. And then, on race day, I sit at the computer and look up bib numbers. I read [...]
A World Record in Antarctica, and Much More
April 10, 2013 By 6 Comments
THE JOURNEY BEGINS They say the Drake Passage has the roughest seas in the world. Today’s 60-knot winds and 35-foot waves reassured us of that fact. We clung to items being thrown across the ship and struggled to keep our footing. Somehow it seems we have not yet crossed the finish line for the 2013 [...]
Running: From a Climber’s Perspective
March 8, 2013 By 2 Comments
Just like not everyone who climbs is a “climber,” not everyone who runs is a “runner,” and I’ll be the first to admit that I’m the former, not the latter! And while most people probably can guess that rock climbing is great exercise, it’s not all-inclusive, so for me, running has always played a smaller, [...]
Knees
February 23, 2013 By 17 Comments
I’m about 11 miles into a 17 mile run, two weeks before the Boston Marathon, when I’m crippled by knee pain. Sharp, stabbing pain to my lateral right knee, like someone was jabbing it with a hot poker. As I screech and limp to a halt, I’m kicking myself as I know exactly what this [...]
Two Questions
February 1, 2013 By 18 Comments
During my phone interview to be an Athleta sponsored athlete this year, I was asked two questions that I wish I could answer again, more coherently. I’m perpetually a mess on the phone, and am much more comfortable one-on-one, in person. So I’d like to take advantage of my first blog post for Athleta to [...]
My Year as a Fifty-Year-Old Sponsored Athlete
December 12, 2012 By 10 Comments
Used to be, I was the youngster. I scrambled up the professional career ladder of scholarly publishing so fast that I often had a hard time getting people to believe that yes, I really was an editor from Oxford University Press, not a graduate student. I had to devise ways to make sure that wait [...]
Taylor’s Tale
November 4, 2012 By 7 Comments
I’m traveling a ton these days and it never fails…I can spot the runner in the crowd. Whether on an airplane, in a hotel lobby, or dining at the table next to mine, there is this thing that a runner has, does or is, that lets other people know…”I am a runner.” I don’t know [...]
Verklempt at the Races
October 22, 2012 By 6 Comments
When I worked in college admissions, one of the most damning things we could say about a student was that he had the “Ds”: determined, diligent, dedicated. Students with the Ds get the work done. They don’t slack off, they tend not to complain, they’re the little workhorses of their class. So what was the [...]
Power to the (13-Year-Old) She
October 12, 2012 By 13 Comments
On September 29th, I completed marathon number two of seven. What does seven signify? The seven continents of the world. My journey began at age nine, sitting on my couch at home flipping through the Guinness Book of World Records. I stumbled across the youngest person to run a marathon on every continent, then held [...]
