Cheering at the Boston Marathon

Posted on April 22, 2014 | 3 min read time

Even though I wasn’t running the Boston Marathon this year, I wanted to be up here for it. I wanted to be here and support my amazing community. Luckily, work decided to give me a reason to head up to our corporate office in Massachusetts this week and offered for me to come up early to watch the marathon. We got up here on Saturday and spent the weekend hanging out around the city and even took a trip to the expo. [Read More]

Suicidal / Sluricidal

Posted on April 17, 2014 | 8 min read time

Trigger warning for talk about suicide and slurs. I woke up yesterday morning and followed my typical work-from-home routine. I went straight from bed to the kitchen to feed the cats and get the coffee going. As I walked back upstairs to login to the work VPN and get set up to start working, I thought about how much I wanted to finish the blog post I started last week about finding acceptance. [Read More]

On my birthday and the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing

Posted on April 15, 2014 | 4 min read time

Today is my birthday. My 31st birthday, to be exact. Last week, I decided I wanted to write something about today. I wanted to write about the Boston Marathon bombing a year ago today, on the same day I turned 30. I had a whole post written out in my head and it was really good. Unfortunately, I didn’t write this post then, when I was thinking about it, and now I don’t remember any of it. [Read More]

New Jersey Marathon training update: week 14

Posted on April 14, 2014 | 1 min read time

Taper is here! Taper is here! Wooo! Last week was a repeat of the previous week’s 60-mile schedule and it was no less grueling. My nine mile runs on Tuesday and Thursday were tough, but the paces were decent. Wednesday’s thirteen miles were a bit of a struggle, but I got them done. My legs are just so damn tired all the time now. The wife and I before our long run on the towpath [Read More]

New Jersey Marathon training update: week 13

Posted on April 8, 2014 | 3 min read time

Sixty. That’s how many miles I ran last week! Whhaaaa?!?! I’ve never run that many miles in a week before and I’m actually slightly shocked I pulled it off. Tuesday’s nine miles were extremely solid. I wasn’t expecting that. My legs were still exhausted from the week before’s training, but somehow this run really came together nicely for a sub-goal-marathon pace run. Wednesday was a huge struggle though. [Read More]

One year on HRT!

Posted on April 1, 2014 | 4 min read time

Today is my one year HRTiversary! I think it’s fitting that I started fixing this joke of a body on April Fool’s. When I look back over the past year, it’s almost hard to believe it’s been a year already, but so much has happened and changed that it really does feel like a lifetime. It also took me almost a year after accepting transition before I started hormones so, when it finally happened, it felt like a long time coming. [Read More]

New Jersey Marathon training update: week 12

Posted on March 31, 2014 | 3 min read time

Look how excited Leela is to take a photo with me to show off my new Oiselle lux side zip! Really? Twelve weeks down already? DAMN! training is flying by! Last week was a small step-back week with 48 miles—following an intense 57 the week before—and I was glad to have it. My legs were pretty tired through most of my mid-week runs, but they held up reasonably well, I guess. [Read More]