If you're an outdoors exerciser, you'll probably agree that we've arrived at shoulder season - or, as I like to call it, ass season. As in, falling on your ass if you're not cautious because it's so damn icy. We're somewhere between skiing and running/cycling season and each day brings the question of which activity … Continue reading Shoulder season
Category: running
Black (and blue) ice
My run Sunday came at a price - more specifically, the knee of my oldest running tights and a little skin on both my palm and my knee. Jeter and I had gotten a later start at the golf course than I had hoped, and by the time we completed the back nine and were … Continue reading Black (and blue) ice
If you don’t run under a full moon in frigid temperatures, with your outdoors besties, you don’t…
You don't have an hour to talk and listen You don't see the moon part the clouds in greeting You don't feel your body transition from cold and tight to warm and loose You don't have the benefit of your besties' wisdom and advice You don't devote your attention to where you're going on a sometimes … Continue reading If you don’t run under a full moon in frigid temperatures, with your outdoors besties, you don’t…
Running to hide in the dark
It's times like this that make me understand the appeal of going to the theater to see a movie. Or three. I don't often get to the movies for a film that is anything other than rated PG, but during my winter holidays, I found my way to the Spectrum three times for grown up … Continue reading Running to hide in the dark
Reflections and a resolution
We're the parents to our children that we wanted for ourselves. When I think of all the cool things my kids have experienced - the trips, the meals, the traditions, I realize how much I wanted to do those things when I was growing up. I'm interested to see how my children parent in the … Continue reading Reflections and a resolution
Squirrelly girlies
Last Sunday, while most of you were probably still snug in your jammies sipping coffee, the Lunar B*tches reunited in a parking lot up at Thacher. It was grey and wet and chilly, but the festive and costume-clad crowd pumped us up for our 6 mile trail run, the Squirrelly Six. I was glad that … Continue reading Squirrelly girlies
Minnewaska trail run – 10/12/14
Last Sunday I did what I've done on countless other Columbus Day weekends - I drove down to New Paltz to get out on the trails in Minnewaska. In years past, it was more a walk around the woods with the girls, but in recent years it's been all about running trails. Let me go … Continue reading Minnewaska trail run – 10/12/14