Most people get a touch of cabin fever/winter blues/seasonal depression if you live in an area that gets cold weather. It's hard to get out for a run or even get in the car to go to the gym when it's cold, damp, windy, snowy, dark, etc.  I'm convinced I'm solar...

So what if it's cold, get outside and RUN!  Winter running can be refreshing, peaceful and fun but knowing what to wear and the options for various conditions is important. I've loaded this with tips and links to lots of options to convince you that winter running can...

The plan after I completed the 25K trail race at Big Hill Pond State Park in October was to more or less hang up my running shoes when I got home.  Add more strength training and an easy 3 mile walk, hike, jog a couple days a week.  The trails are very lonely where I...

I won't sugar coat things.  I never gloss over the tough stuff unless it's with a random stranger.  "How are you?" is just about the dumbest greeting you can give a random stranger because you know you're going to get the canned response of "I'm fine. How are you?" ...

I know that so many folks around the LHRL group are strong.  Crazy strong.  I don't consider myself to be physically strong when I see what the Olympic lifters and Crossfitters in our group are up to.  But I changed my mind.  Early in August I renovated/replaced the...

I feel like my life shifts drastically between being a lazy river where I'm drifting along with a cold drink in my hand and soaking in all the good things in life and then other days where I'm being rocketed down a Class 5 set of rapids holding on for dear life and...

Well, now.  Day 1.5 of shingles virus "recovery". No run this morning.  Right now, I'm happy to put my feet up.  I really was dragging myself through every mile the past 7 days and that completely sucks the fun out of running.  What is a trail runner to do when she...