Category Archive: Adventure

Open Water Redemption

In an effort to de-stress, relax and catch up with friends, I went on vacation last week before starting what is surely going to be a brutal semester. Seeing friends and family, laying… Continue reading

RR: Run Around the Square 2009

  Pre-Race I love this race. Half the reason I love this race is that it’s a trail 5K in a community that rallies around the run, and the other half is because… Continue reading

RR: Drake Well Marathon

  Pre-Race   I signed up for this race because it was two hours away, Dane, my friend and the RD, added a race day packet pick-up (thanks, Dane!), and I like taking… Continue reading

RR: Pittsburgh Triathlon

When I started this blog, I said I’d post the good, bad and ugly. This is the ugly. Pre-Race In 2007 my New Year’s resolution was to either do a triathlon or run… Continue reading

RR: Annie’s Run

  Pre-Race On Wednesday I run into Lucas, a new friend I recently met at a coffee shop, who is also running JFK. He’s a 6 time Ironman and a 6 time marathoner… Continue reading

JFK 50

  So running has taken me some crazy places (like Antarctica for starters). Running hasn’t just taken me far geographically, it’s also taken me far in terms of pushing my phsyical and mental… Continue reading

Impossible2Possible: 20 minutes with Ray Zahab

Ray Zahab ran 4,500 miles across the Sahara in 111 days, a feat documented in Running the Sahara. Last week, he released a TED talk in which discussed how he used running to… Continue reading

RR: Laurel Highlands 50K

Signing Up I’m not sure why I signed up. I spoke with Toby and a few other friends who run Ultras and the general advice I received was 1) train in similar conditions… Continue reading

RR: Pittsburgh Marathon

  Pre-Race Like Shamrock, I have no goals for the Pittsburgh marathon other than to have fun. I skipped my 20 miler between Shamrock and Pittsburgh and I don’t know what effect two… Continue reading

Girls on the Run is so much fun! Whoooooo!

  Today we took our team picture for this year’s Girls on the Run program. For those of you unfamiliar with GOTR, it’s a program that trains 3rd-5th grade girls for a 5K… Continue reading