The Fartlek
This fun-to-say workout tends to give people some confusion. No, if you run a fartlek the person behind you doesn’t need to hold his breath. The word ‘fartlek’ is a …
Make Every Run Count
Why dumping the junk miles and completing purposeful, high quality workouts will help you reach your running goals.
The Value of the Tempo Run
If there’s one type of training run I would recommend over all others, no matter if you are a miler, a marathon runner or an ultramarathon runner, it is the …
Running with Joy
I have been running ultras since December of 2008. Almost 10 years to the day that I ran my very first ultramarathon, the HUFF 50K, I will toe the line …
The first few steps are always the hardest
Yesterday there was a lot to celebrate. Yet also an enormous amount of frustration and sadness. After 3 weeks of being flat on my back I was able to get …
Is it all over? Or is it just the beginning of something even bigger?
It’s early September 2018. A few weeks ago I was running 7-minute miles and training for an ultramarathon named Badwater. It describes itself as “The World’s Toughest Footrace”. And as …
Starting my Badwater training
After being the overall women’s winner at Badwater Cape Fear on March 17, 2018 I gained automatic entry into Badwater 135, the race across Death Valley, in July of 2019. …