Je cours

Has Disney done it again? A new race has popped up on the list of Disney World endurance events, the Minnie Marathon.
It’s a women-only race and the longest distance appears to be 15K.
I really love the fact that so many women-only events are popping up. They offer a warm, supportive environment for women who […]

Here are some answers to a few questions that have arrived in my mailbox. I truly intend to write more about the race…I just haven’t yet had time. And Greg and I will be up hiking the Jordan River Pathway on Saturday, so I doubt if I’ll have time this weekend.
What time did the race […]

The cold waters of Lake Michigan lapping at my feet at the mandatory "feet in water" starting line
The swan flying gracefully over Lake Betsie as we pack-rafted across, so low I could easily hear the whap-whap-whap of the wings
Meeting three people during the pack raft who were celebrating their birthdays that very day
Carrying my (heavy, […]

This post will tie up any loose ends from my other loop reports and describe the end of the my race. It may seem all very anticlimactic since I remember very little about this loop.

First thing: I forgot to mention that on loop 4 I also had to step off the trail for a few […]

By the time I started my fourth lap, I knew the only way I could DNF would be to injure myself. I was feeling great, still moving strong. The muscles started to really feel the hard work they were doing, but overall I wasn’t fatigued.
I don’t think I’ve adequately described just how beautiful the day […]

Since my major goal for this race was simply to finish, I started to take it a bit easier on this loop.
The heat really settled in during this lap. According to Weather Underground, it only hit 73 that day. But I know I heard some folks saying it almost hit 80 — and it sure […]

Last week, I got an email.
A guy had seen my last-year’s post on an adventure racing board, looking for teammates/training partners.
His email said something to the effect of "our team lost their female for a couple of races and would you like to join?"
The races? They were the Infiterra Michigan Coast-to-Coast (C2C) and Beast of […]

The Wayne Rogaine
Friday, September 10, I left work and headed down to Tar Hollow State Park in Hocking county Ohio. Tina and I were signed up for the Wayne Rogaine, a 24-hour orienteering event. She had been able to leave work earlier in the day and would have a glow stick on the tent so […]

Please pardon my lengthy absence from this journal. I have had an incredible, emotional month, filled with both joy and pain. I owe you details and here they come.
Big props, hugs and love to the lovely Rose for her guest post. Yes, I made a pot cozy. And I carried it in my backpack with […]

I’ve committed to Tina and she to me. Next year, it’s an expedition-length race. We’ll try to register on the first day and hopefully get a spot.
We’ll have 72 hours to get from one coast of Michigan to the other, via bikes, foot, canoe, ropes, brains and brawn. And that’s about all we really know […]