Halfway to Chicago Marathon - training check-in

Posted on August 15, 2016 | 5 min read time

Eight weeks down. Eight weeks to go. Training is flying by! It feels like I just started this training cycle, but here I am eight weeks in. That’s a good thing, it means things are going well and I’m not miserable or counting down the days until it’s over. I’m actually really enjoying it so far! If you recall back to eight weeks ago, I didn’t know what to expect from training. [Read More]

Marathon training, I guess

Posted on June 23, 2016 | 5 min read time

It’s been about five months since I had surgery and over a year since I last did a formal marathon training cycle. And it’s fifteen and a half weeks until Chicago Marathon. So, I guess, it’s time to start a new training cycle. Going into surgery, I had just run the Dopey Challenge and was crushing as many runs as I could fit into my schedule. [Read More]

2016 Walt Disney World Dopey Challenge

Posted on January 15, 2016 | 17 min read time

Look at all these medals! I’m going to try to do a recap of all of the runDisney Dopey Challenge in a single post here. We’ll see how this goes, but I’ll try to keep it short. This was my first time doing the Dopey Challenge–if you’re not familiar, it’s a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon over four days in Disney World. I’d done the Goofy Challenge, just the half marathon and marathon part, three previous times and the half marathon by itself once before that. [Read More]

Motivation is tough, a running update

Posted on November 13, 2015 | 4 min read time

Accidental twinning with the wife for our run together There are currently 54 days until the 2016 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend and I couldn’t be more excited to take on the Dopey Challenge for the first time. I’ve done the Goofy Challenge, a half marathon and marathon on two consecutive days, three times, but Dopey ups the ante by also throwing a 5k and 10k into the mix. [Read More]

I am a transgender woman with mental illness and I am a finalist to be on the cover of Women's Running

Posted on October 3, 2015 | 5 min read time

I'm a finalist! Because my life is totally weird, I’m currently a finalist in the Women’s Running Cover Runner Contest. The eight finalists were chosen from over 3,000 applicants and the winner will find herself on the cover of Women’s Running magazine. To be perfectly honest, this is a super surreal thing to me. When I entered, I didn’t think there was any chance I’d be chosen as a finalist. [Read More]

Running and sanity update

Posted on July 15, 2015 | 3 min read time

Running still sucks right now. Last week, I ran six miles. One four-miler and two runs that were supposed to be four miles, but only wound up being one. I just couldn’t go at all and found myself a mile from home disappointed and miserable. Fun times! I did manage to make it 5k this morning though which felt like a small win, but I think the only reason I was able to get myself out of bed at 5:30 was how disgusted I’ve felt with myself lately. [Read More]

A Racecation Without the Race

Posted on June 22, 2015 | 14 min read time

The bib I should have been wearing As you already know, I was registered for, and trained for, Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota this past weekend. And as you also know, I DNSed this race. And, if you follow me on Twitter, you might also be aware of the fact that I still went to Duluth anyway to cheer and did not handle it in any way at all like an adult. [Read More]