Standing in a massive crowd the countdown began. Dramatic music blasted through the town square. CINQUE! QUATTRO! TRE! DUE! UNO! VIA!!! We were off. The group of about 1500 runners head off into the night,

Hi everybody, After a bit of a hiatus, I’m back! That gorgeous little pup I posted pictures of not too long ago passed away and I needed some time to myself. I figured this post in its entirety will be

I’ll admit it- I’m not the biggest sports fan. Football has so many random rules and it never made much sense to me. Around Saturday afternoon, I started catching the Super Bowl bug. Living in Philadelphia,

Living in a pretty flat city, I have to find “mountains” where ever I can if I’m going to run mountain races. Tonight’s mountains were the Philadelphia Art Museum Steps aka the Rocky Steps. Luckily these

Yesterday was a beautiful day in Philadelphia. We’ve been having very strange January weather where it’s either freezing cold and 10 degrees or nice and springlike. Yesterday was the latter. I’ve been

Here’s my entry for the #aswcontent. This is an abandoned house on Overlook Mountain in the Catskills, NY

Training for summer races means a lot of early morning training in the dark. This is a very common view of mine. Speed work on the track.

@travelling-two nominated me to post my childhood photos for public vote of ugly duckling or cute gosling. I’m going to say cute gosling but I’m pretty biased. me and my mom. 2 years old practicing for

So this post is neither running or adventure related but it’s my little lady’s fifth adoption anniversary and I love her so much I’m posting about it. The photo on Petfinder that started it all Five years

I headed out to Colorado to escape Philadelphia. I was going through a breakup with a guy I ran (literally) in the same circles with and needed to escape. I craved mountains to train on and a change of

So this post isn’t so much a seen on my run as it is a be seen on my run post. Running has taken me quite a few places and I’ve met some amazing people but it’s also given me some unique experiences -

Hi Everyone! In an effort to post more regularly and highlight some cool, nature shots I take out on my runs, I’m going to start a little post called... you guessed it... “Seen on my Run”! For post number

In October 2016, I toed the line for my biggest adventure yet: 101.85 miles through the woods in Virginia. Grindstone 100. I decided on this race because it had many things in common with my dream race

Seriously, so cold. We’ve had 20 degrees temperatures on average here just about every day of 2018 with a few rando 50-60 degree days so it’s making training a challenge in this icy wonderland. Due to

In order to get to why my most recent races matter, I need to fill you in on the races in the past. Some of the big ones are the ones that really laid the foundation for everything happening today. In

Coming up tomorrow: running a 50 miler with three days notice. The good, bad and muddy! Had to work a little too late tonight to write a full post so here’s a little teaser: And forgot to post this one

“I don’t even like to drive that far” is one of the things ultrarunners hear the most when people find out we run distances like 100 miles. The other questions is usually “why?”. Me, on a recent trip to