Seminars, Sisterhood, and Shared Stories at Texas Conference for Women
Just the other day, The Austinot published my story, “Texas Conference for Women Takes the Town This Week,” an introduction to this annual event that aims …
Running Hot and Cold: Are You a Lizard or an Icicle?
It’s not news, but Texas is really hot in the summer. And, since the Austin summer can extend into the early days of November, that’s as …
Special Rocks for My Dad
At this moment, I am somewhere deep in the Grand Canyon. Some friends and I are crossing from the south side to the north rim. …
Working Out With BlueAvocado’s Re(Zip) Storage Bags
Confession: I am something of a neat freak (which, by the way, is completely different from a clean freak. While I like to put stuff …
5 Inevitable Stages of Progress of Injury Recovery
The news at the evening trail workout was pretty grim — one of the regular runners had broken her ankle in a trail race over …
Making a Change to Zero-Drop Shoes
The other day, I wrote about my gear shopping procrastination and the havoc it wrecked with planning in “Every Runner’s Shoe Rant.” See, I’m just days …
How My Crazy Kitty Sabotages My Morning Workouts
Technically, Baby Luv isn’t even my cat; she originally belonged to our oldest child. Midway through our daughter’s junior year in high school, she adopted the …
#BlogathonATX Has Tips, Tools for All
Going to BlogathonATX was like the first day of school — I had my pens all ready, a brand new book for notes, laptop juiced up, …
Yogi Berra and a Slew of Texans Turn Out the Lights, the Party’s Over
“It ain’t over till it’s over.” Yogi Berra died recently at the age of 90. Even those who were never baseball fans, who never admired …
Every Runner’s Shoe Rant
After Born to Run hit stands in 2009 and barefoot running swept the world, I gradually began to hang onto my running shoes. The standard guideline to …